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• Ayke Vangansewinkel, Diest (Bel)

• Emily Elizabeth Batterson (90), Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria van Meer (45), Tilburg
• Emma Jane Rodgers (85), Sacramento, Sacramento Co CA
• Dana Janna HOFFMANS (70), Den Haag
• Annette Camile Palasota Varisco (92), College Station, Brazos Co., Texas
• Elizabeth Faye Clemmer Wylie [sWls] (63), Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
• Curtis James Hansen (37), Caldwell (Canyon County) (Idaho)
• Alida Wilhelmina van Assem (96), Woerden, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Hubertus Godefridus Josephus (Ben) Randag (91), Nijmegen, Gld, Nederland
• Anton Jacob de Klerk (76), Vledder, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1989 » Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Emma Watson, English actress
• 1991 » Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
• 1991 » Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
• 1992 » Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
• 1995 » Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
• 1999 » Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
• 2001 » Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

• 2004 » Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)
• 2007 » Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924)
• 2009 » László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
• 2009 » Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (b. 1947)
• 2010 » Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
• 2010 » Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)
• 2011 » Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)
• 2012 » Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919)

• 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 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
• February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
• March 15 » Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
• May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
• August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
• October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.

The temperature on April 15, 2008 was between -0.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.