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• Timo Vermeulen († 2008)

• Alida Pater (79)
• Bauke Klaasz POTSTRA (53), Sint Jacobieparochie, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirkje KOSTERS (80), heerewaarden
• Dimphina Johanna Maria Karremans (70), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant
• Aaltje Hartman (88), Sint Pancras, Nederland
• Dirkje Kosters (80), Heerewaarden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana Anthonia Miltenburg (85), Utrecht
• Adriana Catharina Nuiten (81), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dollie Thompson (79), Middlesboro, Bell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Helena Aehlen (91), Adorf, Duitsland

• 1990 » Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
• 1990 » Madison Brengle, American tennis player
• 1991 » Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer
• 1992 » Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
• 1993 » Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
• 1994 » Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
• 1997 » Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
• 1998 » Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer

• 2005 » François Gérin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
• 2007 » Nina Wang, Chinese businesswoman (b. 1937)
• 2008 » Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian footballer (b. 1983)
• 2012 » Chief Jay Strongbow, American wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2012 » Govind Narain, Indian politician, 8th Governor of Karnataka (b. 1917)
• 2012 » José María Zárraga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Mingote, Spanish cartoonist and journalist (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Richard Descoings, French civil servant (b. 1958)
• 2013 » Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Jan
9. Daan
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. Fleur
13. Sanneke
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.
• January 18 » The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
• 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.
• August 20 » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
• September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
• December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

The temperature on April 3, 2008 was between 6.0 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.