About the day » Sunday March 16, 2008Calender converter

• Daniel Arickx (86), Roeselare
• Gerrit Steffens (76), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Franklin Martin Van Ginhoven (79), Verenigde Statn
• Adrianus W. Verkleij (78), Polsbroek
• Claudia Ellis Johan Maria Wijnen (25), Geleen, Gemeente Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
• Han Wonink (53), Alberton, Zuid Afrika
• Cassie Marilla Harmon (88), unbekannt
• Eliza (Lies) Vellekoop (76), Monster, Nederland
• Antonius van Limpt (94), Veldhoven (Maxima Ziekenhuis)
• Eliza Vellekoop (76), Monster

• 1989 » Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 » Jung So-min, South Korean actress
• 1990 » Andre Young, American basketball player
• 1991 » Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
• 1991 » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
• 1993 » George Ford, English rugby union player
• 1993 » Marine Lorphelin, Miss France
• 1994 » Joel Embiid, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1995 » Inga Janulevičiūtė, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1997 » Florian Neuhaus, German football player

• 2004 » Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 2005 » Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 2005 » Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)
• 2005 » Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
• 2007 » Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
• 2008 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)
• 2008 » Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)
• 2008 » Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 2010 » Ksenija Pajčin, Serbian singer, dancer and model (b. 1977)
• 2011 » Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (b. 1931)

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.
• July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
• August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
• September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
• September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
• November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
• December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

The temperature on March 16, 2008 was between 5.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain during 14.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.