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• Robin van Andel († 2009)

• Cyriel Braet (96)
• Cyriel Marie Braet (96), Maldegem
• Catharine Anna Marie Gerstel (88), Maassluis, Nederland
• Calvin Anthony Kruk (42), Dawson Creek, Canada
• Dirk Noordmans (76), Garijp (gemeente Tietjerksteradeel)
• Elisabeth Johanna van Muijden * (90), Zutphen
• Alicia Ackx (99), Kalmthout, B2920
• Christina Jacoba Filarski (90), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Blake Thomas Ratchford [RC DIObBu] (21), Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee ql
• Dirkske Heijstek (80), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1989 » James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1990 » Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1990 » Tom Kilbey, English footballer
• 1991 » Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1992 » Shiho, Japanese actress and model
• 1993 » Abby Sunderland, American sailor
• 1994 » Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
• 1996 » Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete
• 1999 » Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter

• 2006 » James Glennon, American cinematographer (b. 1942)
• 2006 » Phyllis Kirk, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Michael Maidens, English footballer (b. 1987)
• 2007 » Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (b. 1922)
• 2009 » Howard Unruh, American murderer (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (b. 1918)
• 2010 » Tom Bosley, American actor (b. 1927)

• 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.
• February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
• June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
• July 10 » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
• September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
• November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on October 19, 2008 was between 9.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.