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• Roan Jacobus Bandringa († 2008)
• Laura Wilbrink, Alicante, Sp
• Hayco Doppenberg († 2008)

• Allan Kenneth Blake (84), Waratah, New South Wales, Australia
• Bertha DEVRIES (92), Lynden, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gesina Reina Neijssel (93)
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Gerardina Sanders (93), Valkenswaard
• Aartje Hop (72), Zwolle
• Beulah Geneva Peck (82), New Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Alida Maria Hoogervorst (66), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Klomp (77), Den Helder
• Arie Pot (80)
• Alberdina (Dinie) Bootsma (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1992 » Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1992 » Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1992 » Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
• 1993 » Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer
• 1994 » Seedy Njie, English footballer
• 1995 » Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 » James Wilson, English footballer
• 1995 » Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
• 1998 » Shimona Nelson, Jamaican netballer

• 2005 » Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938)
• 2005 » Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
• 2006 » Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (b. 1937)
• 2006 » Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
• 2007 » Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917)
• 2008 » Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
• 2010 » Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914)
• 2010 » Hillard Elkins, American actor and producer (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Jan
9. Daan
10. Sem
11. Noah
12. Lars
13. Sam
14. Thijs
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. Milou
15. Eva
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.
• April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
• May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
• June 11 » Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
• July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
• October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
• 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 December 1, 2008 was between 1.8 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.