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• Serena Wessels, Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2008)

• Anna Margaret Thompson (99), Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States
• Antonio Ojeda (85), Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas
• Albert Joan Hendriks (69), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Alida van Dijl (97), Dordrecht
• Anna Th M Cools (94), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Douglas Eugene Jones (80), Vidor, Orange, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius van Poorten (77), Deurne, Nederland
• Dirkje Nijkamp (81), Hengelo
• Adrianus Johannes Thuis (73), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Bekker (87), Waarland

• 1990 » Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
• 1990 » Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer († 2016)
• 1991 » Matt Davidson, American baseball player
• 1992 » Nina Agdal, Danish model
• 1992 » Stoffel Vandoorne, Belgian racing driver
• 1994 » Jed Wallace, English footballer
• 1996 » Kathryn Bernardo, Filipino actress
• 1996 » Zane Musgrove, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1998 » Satoko Miyahara, Japanese figure skater
• 2003 » Bhad Bhabie, American rapper and social media personality

• 2005 » Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1920)
• 2005 » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1912)
• 2006 » Anil Biswas, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1944)
• 2006 » Nikki Sudden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
• 2006 » Paul Dana, American racing driver (b. 1975)
• 2008 » Manuel Marulanda, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1930)
• 2008 » Robert Fagles, American poet and academic (b. 1933)
• 2009 » Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer and composer (b. 1926)
• 2009 » Shane McConkey, Canadian skier and BASE jumper (b. 1969)
• 2010 » Charles Ryskamp, American art collector and curator (b. 1928)

• 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.
• January 18 » The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
• May 30 » Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.
• September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
• September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
• 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.

The temperature on March 26, 2008 was between -0.6 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.