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• Mila Joalike Bikker († 2008)

• * Maria Adriana Cornelia Johanna (Riet) Geboers (80), Kaatsheuvel
• Kock (88), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aldert Doornbos (87)
• Donna Rae Cummins (74), Kossuth County, Iowa
• Egbert Barnard (88), Waarder, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernard Joseph Fitzpatrick (60), Lanham, Prince George's, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Barten (79)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Oosterom (80), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Allegonda Alberta Vermeulen (88), Dreumel
• Aletta Graveland (93), Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1989 » Liam Bridcutt, English footballer
• 1990 » Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 1991 » Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
• 1991 » Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 » Valentijn Lietmeijer, Dutch basketball player
• 1992 » Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
• 1996 » 6ix9ine, American rapper
• 2001 » Jordyn Huitema, Canadian soccer player
• 2003 » Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco

• 2005 » Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)
• 2005 » Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981)
• 2006 » Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and author (b. 1938)
• 2007 » Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Philip R. Craig, American author and poet (b. 1933)
• 2008 » Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1918)
• 2008 » François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)
• 2009 » Bud Shrake, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 2011 » Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948)

1. Thomas
2. Gijs
3. Benjamin
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
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 13 » Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes a historic apology to the Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations.
• May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
• August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
• August 18 » President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf resigns under threat of impeachment.
• November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on May 8, 2008 was between 11.1 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.