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• Stijn Eggens, Rotterdam

• Deanna Kaye Floyd (41)
• Cornelia Gerardina Brouwer (85), Huizen
• Ardina HONCOOP (86), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ank Lommerse (73)
• Antonius Petrus Johannes Maria Claassen (88), Waalwijk, NB, Nederland
• Denis Branckaerts (74)
• Bernardus Antonius (Ben) Veldhuizen (68), Nieuwegein
• Adriaan Burghout (90)
• Derk (Richard) VAN BOLHUIS (65), Chatham Ontario Canada
• Anna Mae Picou (92), Llano, Llano, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
• 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer
• 1985 » Kamani Hill, American soccer player
• 1986 » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 1987 » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
• 1990 » Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
• 1990 » David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Adam Peaty, English swimmer

• 2004 » Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
• 2004 » Susan Sontag, American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Jamal Karimi-Rad, Iranian politician, Iranian Minister of Justice (b. 1956)
• 2008 » Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Jimmy Sullivan, American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name The Rev (b. 1981)
• 2010 » Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Frankie Walsh, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936)
• 2012 » Mark Crispin, American computer scientist and academic, designed the IMAP (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Nicholas Ambraseys, Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929)
• 2012 » Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (b. 1980)

1. Thomas
2. Gijs
3. Benjamin
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
14. Sam
15. Albert
16. Milan

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Eva
12. Maria
13. Sanneke
14. Fleur
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
• April 22 » The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
• May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
• May 30 » Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
• August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
• September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on December 28, 2008 was between -5.1 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.