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• Ella Dobbelaere

• Erna Margriet Draaijer (55), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• van Stiphout (88), Helmond
• Aris van Dijk (79), Eindhoven
• Dirk Hendrik Dubbis (87), Beverwijk
• Derk Gerrit van Dijk (80), Ten Boer
• Cornelis Hendrik (Cor) Post (86), Nieuwegein (86jr)
• Dora Teunissen (81), Bemmel
• Catherina Maria Paulina Dermond (96), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Bevelander (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Billy Richard Banta (80), Hiawatha (Brown County) (Kansas)

• 1986 » Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
• 1989 » Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
• 1993 » AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
• 1993 » Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
• 1993 » Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
• 1993 » Jordan Obita, English footballer
• 1994 » Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
• 1994 » Raheem Sterling, English footballer

• 2004 » Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 2005 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (b. 1914)
• 2006 » José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
• 2006 » Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983)
• 2008 » Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987)
• 2012 » John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)

• 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.
• February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
• August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
• September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
• September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
• December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
• December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

The average temperature on December 8, 2008 was 2.0 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.