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• Anna Vermunt (84)
• Allen Crawford Hawkridge CPL (85), Eastport, Suffolk, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Dora van der Velde (72), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Gerardus van Tol (80), Langeraar
• Alexander Léon Marie BOUVY (76), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catrina Gerritdina Maja du Crocq (55), Sneek
• Cornelia Maria (Puck) Bakker (72), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana 't Hart (87), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Huzen (84)
• Annigje van Huzen (84), Nijkerk

• 1987 » Alex Russell, Australian actor
• 1987 » Clifton Geathers, American football player
• 1988 » Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
• 1990 » Derrick Nix, American basketball player
• 1992 » Dalton Pompey, Canadian baseball player
• 1992 » Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress
• 1995 » Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer
• 1996 » Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter
• 2000 » Emily Whitehead, artistic gymnast

• 2003 » Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1917)
• 2004 » José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)
• 2008 » Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922)
• 2011 » John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (b. 1935)
• 2012 » Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1926)
• 2012 » Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1933)
• 2012 » Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (b. 1920)
• 2013 » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (b. 1920)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Jan
9. Daan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
14. Sam
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. Fleur
13. Sanneke
14. Eva
15. Milou
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.
• March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
• July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
• August 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
• September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
• 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.
• December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.

The temperature on December 11, 2008 was between 1.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.