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Born on Saturday October 4, 2008
Died on Saturday October 4, 2008
- Caroline Ann Cadogan (62)
- Benjamin Konrad Suelzle (94), Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten
- Barry Fritzgerald Cammann (47), Melvin, Osceola County, Iowa
- Apolonius Biemond (82), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Albertus van Valburg (68), Eck en Wiel
- Maharuddin (96), Jakarta
- Alex Schreuder (72), Groningen (NL)
- Audrey Doris Combes (80), Gosnells, WA Australia
- Dina Elizabeth Christiaanse (81), Leiden
- Anna ELizabeth Catharina Eggink (92), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on October 4
- 1988 » Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
- 1988 » Derrick Rose, American basketball player
- 1988 » Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
- 1988 » Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
- 1989 » Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
- 1990 » Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
- 1990 » Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
- 1993 » Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer
- 1995 » Mikolas Josef, Czech Republic singer and songwriter
- 1997 » Rishabh Pant, Indian Cricketer
Died on October 4
- 2004 » Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
- 2005 » Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)
- 2007 » Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (b. 1925)
- 2009 » Günther Rall, German general and pilot (b. 1918)
- 2009 » Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (b. 1928)
- 2010 » Norman Wisdom, English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2011 » Doris Belack, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2012 » David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921)
- 2012 » Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1941)
- 2012 » Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2008
- 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.
- April 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
- June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
- September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
- September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
- October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
Weather October 4, 2008
The temperature on October 4, 2008 was between 3.6 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.