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• Anne Marie Leirens (77), Merelbeke, residentie D'Heye, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Albert Meertens (85), Loon
• Chantal Danielle TRÉPANT (52), Amiens,80000,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Christine Margaret ALDERSON (56), Upper Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
• Emma Maria Feucht (98)
• Elisabeth Maria Kleijwegt (88), Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brian Joseph Hughes Sr (46), Kent, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Christina (Christine) Kleinhout (83), Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Andries (Freerks) Siegersma (74), Snits, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Hunenstijn (92), Putten

• 1990 » Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player († 2012)
• 1991 » Ignacio Lores Varela, Uruguayan footballer
• 1991 » Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 » Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer
• 1991 » Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer
• 1991 » Srdjan Pejicic, Canadian/Bosnian basketball player
• 1991 » Wojciech Pszczolarski, Polish bicycle racer
• 1992 » Aaron Judge, American baseball player
• 1994 » Daniil Kvyat, Russian racing driver

• 2004 » Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)
• 2005 » Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926)
• 2005 » Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
• 2009 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920)
• 2010 » Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930)
• 2010 » Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942)
• 2011 » Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
14. Sam
15. Milan
16. Albert

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Maria
12. Sanneke
13. Fleur
14. Eva
15. Milou
16. Nina

• 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 26 » The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
• February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
• March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
• September 11 » A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
• September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
• October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

The temperature on April 26, 2008 was between 8.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.