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• Damian Lugies, Zwolle († 2008)
• Florian DELCROIX, Croix, 59163, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 2008)
• Amber Dooren van, Boxmeer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Bettie Marie Kennedy (84), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A.J. Kromwijk (88)
• Betsy Vermeij (86), Brampton, Ontario, Canada
• Bertha Jean Crabtree (84), Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, United States of America
• Caroline van Sprew (78), Israel
• Alice Louise (Liske) Jehaes (86), Genk, België
• Alice Landsiedel (101), Harrison Township, Macomb, Michigan, United States
• Delores May Drews (79), De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
• Betsy Vermeij (86), Brampton, Ontario, Canada
• Charles H Wells (92), Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa

• 1991 » Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 » Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1992 » Becky Downie, English gymnast
• 1992 » Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1992 » Phiwa Nkambule, South African entrepreneur
• 1994 » Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 » Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 » Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese racer
• 1999 » Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
• 2012 » Princess Athena of Denmark, younger child of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

• 2002 » Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
• 2003 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
• 2007 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
• 2007 » Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2011 » Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Thijs
13. Noah
14. Sam
15. Albert
16. Milan

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Sanneke
12. Fleur
13. Maria
14. Eva
15. Milou
16. Nina

• 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 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 16.4 million citizens.
• April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
• May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
• June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
• September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
• September 28 » Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.

The temperature on January 24, 2008 was between 3.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.