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Died on Saturday February 23, 2008
- Arnoldus Leonardus Alphonsus HONKOOP (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Antonia Frederika van Melzen (96)
- Bartje de Wildt (80), Woerden
- Doetje Drost (86)
- Andries Kleistra (83), Heereveen
- Antje Alberta Zweers (76)
- Adèle Jussen (78), Maastricht
- Bertha de Kruijk (62), Nieuwpoort
- Catharina, Johanna van der Hout (81), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
- Anna Maria Eijkenboom (86)
Born on February 23
- 1990 » Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 » Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 » Terry Hawkridge, English footballer
- 1992 » Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 » Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1993 » Chris Grevsmuhl, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 » Dakota Fanning, American actress
- 1995 » Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
- 1996 » D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player
- 1997 » Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player
Died on February 23
- 2004 » Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918)
- 2004 » Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)
- 2006 » Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
- 2007 » John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)
- 2008 » Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
- 2008 » Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)
- 2010 » Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
- 2011 » Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923)
- 2012 » David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
- 2012 » William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Benjamin
- Gijs
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Ashton
- Jan
- Daan
- Sem
- Noah
- Lars
- Sam
- Thijs
- Milan
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Maria
- Fleur
- Sanneke
- Eva
- Milou
- Nina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2008
- 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
- March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
- September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
- September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
- 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.
Weather February 23, 2008
The temperature on February 23, 2008 was between 4.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.