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• Febe Jacobs († 2009)
• Lowie Fonteyne, Oostende

• Elaine M. Meitner (90), Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Deugd (80)
• Elsa Wiebus (76), Voerde-DE
• Elisabeth Maria Cornelia Blom (95), Heerlen
• Carolus Emilius Cornelius Van Staay (74), Wuustwezel
• Albert Kruse (87), Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa
• Anthony Anna Petrus Oosterman (86), Loosdrecht
• Femina Maria Matthijssen (90), Bloemendaal
• Enno Willem Hopma (81), Haren
• Pieter Marinus (88), Terneuzen Nederland

• 1989 » Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1991 » Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
• 1991 » Emre Colak, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Cate Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Enes Kanter, Turkish basketball player
• 1992 » Jack Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1993 » Caroline Zhang, American figure skater
• 1996 » Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
• 1998 » Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater

• 2005 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (b. 1913)
• 2005 » William Seawell, American general (b. 1918)
• 2007 » Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)
• 2009 » Arthur Erickson, Canadian architect and urban planner, designed Roy Thomson Hall (b. 1924)
• 2009 » Lucy Gordon, American actress and model (b. 1980)
• 2009 » Pierre Gamarra, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1919)
• 2011 » Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)

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 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
• June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
• September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
• October 3 » The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.

The temperature on May 20, 2008 was between 1.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.