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• Syerah van Muyden († 2022)

• Frederikus Witting (69)
• Gabriel Jan van der Spoel (80), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Elsien Kleefsman (86), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Gerarda Bernardina Neijzen (91), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina op den Akker (92), Emmen
• Anneke (Anna) Catharina van der Wal (82), Dokkum
• Anna Catharina van der Wal (82)
• Anna Catharina van der Wal (82), Dokkum
• Anna Roodenburg (66)
• Anna Catharina Scheerder (92), Deurne

• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
• 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
• 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater

• 2004 » Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2005 » Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
• 2005 » William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2008 » Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2008 » Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)

1. Thomas
2. Stijn
3. Ruben
4. Lucas
5. Jan
6. Daan
7. Tim
8. Lars
9. Levi
10. Thijs
11. Sem
12. Jasper
13. Max
14. Milan
15. Jesse
16. Sam

1. Ariane
2. Lisa
3. Emma
4. Lotte
5. Lynn
6. Eva
7. Anna
8. Sophie
9. Tessa
10. Roxanna
11. Isa
12. Anne
13. Sanne
14. Charlotte
15. Amber
16. Cathelijne

• 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 10 » A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
• February 24 » Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
• July 10 » Erden Eruç begins the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
• August 22 » The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.
• November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
• December 27 » Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

The temperature on August 16, 2007 was between 12.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.