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• Alexander Wilhelmus Verbunt (79), Etten-Leur
• Aaltje van Ark (79), Harderwijk
• Aaltje Kornelia Middelkamp (58), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clara Mary Blondeel (77), Chatham, Ontario (Can)
• Cornelis Hage (90), Goes
• Darrell Curtis Christensen (80), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Catharina Maria Broumels (97), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Éléonore de Liechtenstein (88), Graz, Styrie, Autriche
• "Anne" Marie Gabrielle Jégou du Laz (74), Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France
• Cornelia Maria Hoogervorst (89), Langeraar

• 1985 » Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player († 2013)
• 1986 » Nikolay Bodurov, Bulgarian international footballer, centre-back
• 1989 » Ailee, Korean-American singer and songwriter
• 1989 » Lesia Tsurenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1990 » Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1991 » Jonathan Fox, English swimmer
• 1992 » Danielle Harold, English actress
• 1992 » Harrison Barnes, American basketball player
• 1994 » Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1996 » Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian tennis player

• 2006 » David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Robert Sterling, American actor (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Birgit Dalland, Norwegian politician (b. 1907)
• 2007 » Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian-French actor and director (b. 1933)
• 2009 » Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (b. 1916)
• 2009 » Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (b. 1966)
• 2009 » Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2010 » Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1933)

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.
• April 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
• May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
• August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
• August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
• December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

The temperature on May 30, 2008 was between 12.1 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.