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• Jens Jakob Koenes
• Marit Lucy Fortaleza ?

• Elisabeth Petronella van den Bosch (92)
• Adriana Rooze (94), Baarn, Nederland
• Albertus Martinus van den Dungen (58)
• Harold Loyd Whiles "Little Turk" (75), Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Harm Schuitema
• Christina Alida Gouwenberg (82), Den Helder
• Cornelia Catharina van Ginneken (85)
• Aglaë Picot de Peccaduc (82)
• Bert van Ommeren (58), Druten
• Gerardus Martinus Sneekes (77), Den Helder

• 1988 » Andrea Catellani, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Will Chambers, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Paula Findlay, Canadian triathlete
• 1991 » Ah Young, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 » Curtis Rona, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1993 » Dan Sarginson, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1993 » Jason Adesanya, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Jimmy Vesey, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Katerine Savard, Canadian swimmer
• 1996 » Lara Goodall, South African cricketer

• 2006 » Édouard Michelin, French businessman (b. 1963)
• 2006 » Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer and physician (b. 1919)
• 2007 » Howard Porter, American basketball player (b. 1948)
• 2007 » Jack Edward Oliver, English illustrator (b. 1942)
• 2008 » Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2008 » Zita Urbonaitė, Lithuanian cyclist (b. 1973)
• 2009 » Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek journalist and politician (b. 1941)
• 2009 » Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (b. 1965)
• 2010 » Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (b. 1912)
• 2010 » Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1956)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Jan
9. Daan
10. Sem
11. Noah
12. Lars
13. Sam
14. Thijs
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. Milou
15. Eva
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 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
• March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
• April 22 » The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
• May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
• 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.
• November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

The temperature on May 26, 2008 was between 12.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.