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August 1, 2007Born on Thursday August 2, 2007
- Jahzahrah Mellissa Caballero Millwood († 2018)
- Gijs Somers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Puck Foncke, Rotterdam († 2007)
Died on Thursday August 2, 2007
- Betty Lou van Hove (60), Israel Family Hospice, Ames, Iowa
- Elton Edgington Foster (82), Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
- Dien Spijkerman (96), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
- Cornelis van Zanten (81), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
- Dirkje van den Berg (82), Zwijndrecht
- Andre Kloosterman (55), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Blankestijn (82)
- Aleid Mansholt (97), Australie
- Agassis Gonçalves (81), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
- Abdon Joseph (Abdon) Larminier (87), Engelmanshoven, België
Born on August 2
- 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
- 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
- 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
- 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
- 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
- 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
- 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
- 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
- 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer
Died on August 2
- 2003 » Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
- 2004 » Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
- 2004 » François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2004 » Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
- 2005 » Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
- 2007 » Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950)
- 2008 » Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
- 2011 » José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
- 2012 » Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
- 2012 » Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
Names that were popular for boys in 2007
- Jan
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Ruben
- Jacob
- James
- Alexander
- Levi
- Hendrik
- Sem
- Stijn
- Daan
Names that were popular for girls in 2007
- Maria
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Anne
- Emma
- Ariane
- Sophie
- Louise
- Lisa
- Marie
- Cornelia
- Lynn
- Charlotte
- Lotte
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2007
- 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 18 » The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
- March 7 » The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.
- May 4 » Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
- October 15 » Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- October 28 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
- 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 weather on Thursday August 2, 2007
The temperature on August 2, 2007 was between 10.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI