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• Annabel McCullagh (92), Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Evertje de Vries (94)
• Cornelia Bolle (92), Oosterland
• Gerda Campo (55)
• Betty Lavon Weiland (88), Oregon, Lucas, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Gesina Heath (93), Port Elizabeth, EC, South Africa
• Bernard Roelf Prenger (88), Almelo
• Bernice Mae Anema (83)
• Aaltje van der Worp (87), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Maria Coppens (77), Etten-Leur

• 1987 » Asami Konno, Japanese singer
• 1987 » Mark Reynolds, Scottish footballer
• 1987 » Michael Maidens, English footballer († 2007)
• 1988 » Eino Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1988 » Sander Puri, Estonian footballer
• 1989 » Earl Thomas, American football player
• 1995 » Seko Fofana, French born Ivorian international footballer
• 1997 » Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
• 1998 » Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1998 » Maryna Piddubna, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer

• 2005 » Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909)
• 2005 » Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
• 2006 » Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)
• 2007 » Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
• 2007 » Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (b. 1958)
• 2007 » Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
• 2009 » David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930)

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. Sanneke
13. Fleur
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.
• February 5 » A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57.
• March 1 » The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
• May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
• August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
• November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
• December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

The temperature on May 7, 2008 was between 10.9 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.