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• Jake Brand, Zevenbergen

• Bervia Elsie HOAGLAND (86), Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
• Alida Jacoba (Alie) de Jong (86), Naaldwijk, 2671, Nederland
• Albert David Kyte (86)
• Cornelia Hendrina Kats (69), Gouda, Nederland
• Elvera F. Steiner (93), Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
• Barbara Rae van Hauen (61)
• Eileen Kennedy (92), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
• Eric Wieden (83), Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia
• Dwayne Robert Hofmann (68), Salem, Ohio
• Alida Jacoba de Jong (86), Poeldijk

• 1990 » Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » David de Gea, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 » Felix Rosenqvist, Swedish race car driver
• 1992 » Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1994 » Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress
• 1996 » Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player
• 1997 » Nana Okada, Japanese singer

• 2005 » Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
• 2006 » Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (b. 1930)
• 2006 » Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2006 » Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (b. 1924)
• 2006 » Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (b. 1932)
• 2007 » George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
• 2011 » Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944)
• 2011 » Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1952)

• 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.
• March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
• 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 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
• September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• September 15 » Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
• December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

The temperature on November 7, 2008 was between 5.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.