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• Aukjen Zetsma (96), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Henricus van Baal (77), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Connie Lynn Thomas (42), Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Jiskdr. Boschma (87), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Henricus van Boesschoten (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles R. Burnside (80)
• Christina (Stien) Kuijt (77), Scherpenzeel
• Christina Kuijt (77), Scherpenzeel
• Albertine Elisabeth Ruys (96), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Hendrikus van Boesschoten (80), Breda

• 1989 » Alyssa Brown, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1989 » Cam Newton, American football player
• 1989 » Giovani dos Santos, Mexican international footballer
• 1992 » Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
• 1994 » Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
• 1995 » Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
• 1999 » Kaitlyn Dias, American actress and voice artist
• 1999 » Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress

• 2003 » Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)
• 2006 » Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
• 2007 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)
• 2008 » John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
• 2009 » Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
• 2009 » Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (b. 1939)
• 2009 » Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915)
• 2010 » Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)
• 2011 » Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)

• 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.
• May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
• May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
• July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
• December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
• December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

The temperature on May 11, 2008 was between 9.1 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.