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• Nina-Rosalie van Staa, Almere

• Charles Don Ridenour (82), Keokuk, Iowa (VS)
• Akke Stoelwinder (73), Kuinre, Overijssel, Nederland
• Florence Elizabeth "Betty" Kirby (97), Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carla Mutsaers (54), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie de Wit (86), Ossendrecht
• Anny Peeters (75), Malle
• Alberdina Maria Josepha Peperkamp (64)
• Charles Preston Kirkwood (86), Clawson, Oakland, Michigan, United States
• Adolphe Van den Eynde (87), Antwerpen,Antwerpen, Vlaanderen,Belgi√´
• Corneille (Cor) van Dongen (68), Rotterdam

• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1990 » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1991 » Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1992 » Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Allen Robinson, American football player
• 1995 » Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
• 1996 » Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 2001 » Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2002 » Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
• 2003 » Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
• 2010 » Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 » Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)
• 2011 » Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962)

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

1. Ariane
2. Lisa
3. Emma
4. Lynn
5. Lotte
6. Eva
7. Anna
8. Sophie
9. Tessa
10. Roxanna
11. Anne
12. Isa
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.
• April 20 » Johnson Space Center shooting: William Phillips with a handgun barricades himself in NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas before killing a male hostage and himself.
• May 19 » President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
• June 26 » Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
• July 7 » The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.
• December 27 » Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

The temperature on August 24, 2007 was between 12.6 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.