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• Lars van Mil, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)

• Antonie Andreas Bogaarts (84)
• Anna Sinke (84), Barneveld
• Dani√´l Bruinenberg (68), Sneek
• Daniel Oudshoorn (81), Rijnsburg
• Bertha Denson (81)
• Else Schnug (89), Selters
• Daphne Zella BAILEY (71)
• Egbert Bos (81)
• Constance L. Branson (84), Kent, King, Washington
• Agnes Julia Callens (90), USA

• 1991 » Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
• 1992 » Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
• 1993 » Nabil Jeffri, Malaysian racing driver
• 1994 » Jalen Ramsey, American football player
• 1994 » Krystal, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1994 » Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
• 1995 » Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 » Kyla Ross, American gymnast
• 1997 » Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
• 1998 » Daya, American singer

• 2006 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
• 2006 » William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909)
• 2007 » Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
• 2007 » Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2007 » Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943)
• 2010 » Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (b. 1912)
• 2010 » Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (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 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
• June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• July 1 » Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
• 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 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
• December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

The temperature on October 24, 2008 was between 3.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.