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• Gepke Koetje (82), Wagenborgen, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina "Tiny" Plukker (85), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegona Josephina Maria Aldenzee (67)
• Bonaventure (Bona) Mignolet (76), Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België
• Daniël HORSSEN, van (53), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christiaan Kuijten (86)
• Agnes Adriana Hendrika Kivits (69), Waalwijk
• Beth La Rue Christensen (73), Delta (Millard County) (Utah)
• Caroline Konijndyk (83), Grand Rapids Kent Michigan ( Usa)
• Alaine Joan Aeilts (63), California

• 1989 » Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
• 1991 » Sören Bertram, German footballer
• 1992 » Emily Seebohm, Australian swimmer
• 1992 » Joazhiño Arroe, Peruvian footballer
• 1993 » Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Samoan-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Ross Wilson, English table tennis player
• 1995 » Troye Sivan, South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
• 1997 » Sam Darnold, American football player
• 1998 » Yulia Lipnitskaya, Russian figure skater

• 2004 » Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
• 2004 » Ronald Reagan, American actor and politician, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 2005 » Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (b. 1949)
• 2005 » Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (b. 1928)
• 2006 » Frederick Franck, Dutch-American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1909)
• 2009 » Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1978)
• 2012 » Hal Keller, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
• 2012 » Mihai Pătrașcu, Romanian-American computer scientist (b. 1982)
• 2012 » Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1920)

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. Albert
16. Milan

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Eva
12. Maria
13. Sanneke
14. Fleur
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.
• March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
• May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 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.
• 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.
• September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
• October 7 » Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.

The temperature on June 5, 2008 was between 13.5 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.