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• Berend (Bé) Jager (85), Appingedam
• Berend Jager (85)
• Bartel Verkruijssen (86)
• Bertha De Vries (92), Whatcom County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Eisses (104), Haren
• Catharina Margaretha Valstar (75), Spijkenisse
• Aafje Timmerman (88)
• Anthonia Johanna Maria Theresia Brouwer (72), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia (Corrie) Bezemer (83), , Velp, Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• André Joseph August Steen (88), Koekelare,8680,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1990 » Torrey Craig, American basketball player
• 1991 » Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1992 » Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer
• 1993 » Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner
• 1993 » Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1994 » M'Baye Niang, French footballer
• 1994 » Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter
• 1996 » Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer

• 2004 » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Carol Chomsky, American linguist and educator (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (b. 1945)
• 2008 » James Bevel, American minister and activist (b. 1936)
• 2008 » Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963)
• 2009 » Kim Peek, American megasavant (b. 1951)
• 2010 » Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Robert Bork, American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (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.
• May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
• August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
• October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
• 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.
• November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

The temperature on December 19, 2008 was between 4.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.