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• Ann ter Hark, Coon Rapids, Anoka County, Minnesota
• Andrew van Dyken (85), Bozeman (Gallatin), Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Adrie Ciggaar (77), Leiderdorp
• Caroline Ella Meyer (87), fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN
• Adriana Maria Theodora van Lammeren (83), Leimuiden, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Dijcks (80), Koningsbosch, Netherlands
• Arie Donkers (76), Breda
• Aleida Johanna Bitterling (85), Amstelveen
• Bertus van den Boogaard (63)
• Bartel Hendrik SCHAAP (56), Dordrecht

• 1984 » Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese international footballer, forward
• 1985 » Fernando Llorente, Spanish international footballer, striker
• 1986 » Hannah Kearney, American skier
• 1989 » Gabriel Obertan, French footballer
• 1990 » Kateřina Cachová, Czech heptathlete
• 1990 » Takanoiwa Yoshimori, Mongolian sumo wrestler
• 1991 » Lee Chae-rin, South Korean singer
• 1992 » Michael Chee Kam, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Mikael Granlund, Finnish professional hockey player
• 1997 » Reghan Tumilty, Scottish footballer

• 2004 » Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
• 2004 » Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia (b. 1956)
• 2005 » Jef Raskin, American computer scientist, created Macintosh (b. 1943)
• 2006 » Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (b. 1905)
• 2008 » Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Johnny Kerr, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2009 » Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1947)
• 2009 » Wendy Richard, English actress (b. 1943)
• 2010 » Jun Seba, also known as "Nujabes", Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (b. 1974)
• 2011 » Arnošt Lustig, Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

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

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Maria
12. Fleur
13. Sanneke
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.
• May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
• May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
• August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
• September 11 » A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
• September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
• November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

The temperature on February 26, 2008 was between 7.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.