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• Catharina Baars (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Arendsz Hoek (83), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andre MOTTE (86), Bondues, Nord, Frankrijk
• Antonia Petronella Maria Leijten (83), Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Christiaan Hovestadt (79), Werkendam
• Adrianus Joannes Maria Lemmers (84), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonia Patronella Maria -Netty- Leijten (83), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Arend Hoek (83), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johanna Wilhelmina Elisabeth van Gijn (90), Amsterdam
• Aleida Albertha Albertusen de Boer (79)

• 1989 » Morgan Burnett, American football player
• 1990 » Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 1990 » Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer
• 1992 » Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
• 1992 » Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
• 1993 » Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast
• 1997 » Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1997 » Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1997 » Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player

• 2006 » Frank Fixaris, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Marc Potvin, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967)
• 2007 » Danny Oakes, American race car driver (b. 1911)
• 2007 » Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
• 2008 » Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2009 » Dai Llewellyn, Welsh humanitarian activist and politician (b. 1946)
• 2009 » Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese poet, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2009 » Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
• 2009 » Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2009 » W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)

• 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 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
• April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
• July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
• July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

The temperature on January 13, 2008 was between 2.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.