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• Vico Postma

• Brian Malcolm Schlaadt (73), Pendle Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Cornelis Johannes van der Horst (87), Bakel, Noord-Brabant
• Catharina Anna Maria (Toot) Eijck van (75), Haarlem, NH, Nederland
• Cornelia van Duivenbode (92), Zandvoort, Noord Holland, Nederland
• AUBREY JAMES O'BRIEN (86), BRISBANE (AUSTRALIë)
• Daniël Minderhoud (74), Westkapelle
• Aaltje (Dooren) Doorn (92)
• Antje Alzerda (87), -
• Aaltje van Schenkhof (77), Terborg (NL)
• Dina Ribbink (84), Lochem

• 1988 » Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
• 1991 » Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1992 » Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
• 1992 » Xander Mobus, American voice actor
• 1997 » Bryce Love, American football player
• 1997 » Lauran Hibberd, English singer-songwriter
• 1998 » Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper

• 2002 » Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944)
• 2005 » Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911)
• 2006 » June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2007 » Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Jack B. Sowards, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
• 2009 » Midnight, American singer-songwriter (b. 1962)
• 2011 » Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (b. 1918)
• 2011 » Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924)

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
• January 22 » At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
• April 27 » Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
• June 27 » Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him.
• September 16 » Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
• September 24 » India won first ever T20 international Cricket World Cup.
• November 15 » Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.

The temperature on July 8, 2007 was between 9.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.