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• Elly Soekias (90), Cypress, Orange County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Lantzaat (90)
• Abdella Noma (78), Utica, Oneida County, New York
• Carl Thomas Brake (79), Old Hickory, Davidson, Tennessee
• Evers (83)
• Esdras Boerhoop (6)
• Filippus Wiltjer (53), Froombosch (NL)
• Antonia Twent (87), Enschede
• Edward Delton Sneed (79), Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida
• Elbertus van Middendorp (99), Barneveld

• 1992 » Joshua Ledet, American singer
• 1994 » Joey Pollari, American actor
• 1995 » Demi Vermeulen, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
• 1995 » Domagoj Bošnjak, Croatian basketball player
• 1995 » Robert Bauer, German-Kazakhstani footballer
• 1996 » Giovani Lo Celso, Argentinian international footballer, midfielder
• 1996 » Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Elle Fanning, American actress
• 1999 » Montero Lamar Hill, American rapper
• 2000 » Jackie Evancho, American singer

• 2003 » Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (b. 1949)
• 2006 » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)
• 2006 » Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (b. 1907)
• 2007 » Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986)
• 2010 » Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1945)
• 2011 » Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2011 » Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist (b. 1971)
• 2012 » Malcolm Thomas, Welsh rugby player and cricketer (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Gijs
3. Benjamin
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
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. Maria
12. Eva
13. Fleur
14. Sanneke
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.
• February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
• March 15 » Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
• March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
• April 8 » The construction of the world's first skyscraper to integrate wind turbines is completed in Bahrain.
• July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
• October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.

The temperature on April 9, 2008 was between -2.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.