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• Antoon Theodorus Gerardus van Smaalen (82), Laguna Woods, Californië, VS
• Aafke Grietje (Aaf) Dennebos (81), Warffum
• Arie (Aad) Post (91), Rotterdam
• Bernard James Coff (83), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
• Arie Post (91), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Herman Fleury (79)
• Arie Post (91), overschie
• Chantal Guillier de Chalvron (82), Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
• Augustinus Josephus Adrianus de Regter (76), Goirle
• Cornelis OLIJSLAGER (96), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1991 » Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
• 1993 » Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
• 1993 » Michy Batshuayi, Belgian footballer
• 1994 » Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 » Te Maire Martin, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
• 1996 » Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress
• 2002 » Jacob Sartorius, American singer

• 2005 » August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)
• 2007 » Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1902)
• 2007 » George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
• 2007 » Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
• 2010 » Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
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. Sanneke
13. Fleur
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.
• January 18 » The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
• June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
• August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
• September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 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 October 2, 2008 was between 6.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.