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• Thijs Zwerver

• Bernard SMITS (78), Heerenveen
• Ben van de Geijn (59)
• Betty Jane Lotz (84), Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Verbiest (82), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Dennis Eugene Dezotell (47), Palmdale, Los Angeles, California
• Bernardus Cornelis Zwirs (80), Anna Paulowna
• Clothilda Giesbertha Catharina Schelfhout (68), Zevenbergen
• Anna Catharina van Meel (89), Australie
• Christ Christiaan Adrianus Hamers (94), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis-Martin Room (81), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1993 » El Hadji Ba, French footballer
• 1993 » Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
• 1994 » Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player
• 1994 » Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
• 1996 » Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player
• 1996 » Taylor Hill, American model
• 1997 » Milena Venega, Cuban rower
• 1998 » Bo Bichette, American baseball player
• 1999 » Madison Beer, American singer, songwriter and producer.
• 2007 » Roman Griffin Davis, British actor, second youngest Golden Globe recipient.

• 2005 » David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
• 2010 » Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2010 » Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)
• 2011 » Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2012 » Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)
• 2012 » Philip Madoc, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2012 » William O. Wooldridge, American sergeant (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954)

• 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 1 » The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
• June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
• June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
• July 10 » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
• August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
• December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

The temperature on March 5, 2008 was between -1.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.