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• Dirk Jan Rorije (70), Heerde
• Bettha Priem (82), Soest
• Gerard Hubert Van Den Born (82), Hasselt, België
• Dien KERSEBOOM (80)
• Elvire NAGGLAS (89), Alkmaar
• Berendina Cornelia van Oene (85)
• Cor Broeren (88), Cuijk
• Anna Jacoba Kikkert (85), Geelong, Victoria, Australië
• Frances Lena Lofts (91), Gobles, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Hanselman (68), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1985 » Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 » Tom Fletcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 » DeAngelo Smith, American football player
• 1986 » Lacey Von Erich, American wrestler
• 1987 » Darius Boyd, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Jan Charouz, Czech race car driver
• 1987 » Jeremih, American singer, songwriter, and record producer
• 1994 » Benjamin Mendy, French footballer
• 1994 » Kali Uchis, American singer-songwriter
• 1998 » Rosana Serrano, Cuban rower

• 2005 » Edward Heath, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
• 2005 » Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-American actress (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 2007 » Grant Forsberg, American actor and businessman (b. 1959)
• 2007 » Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
• 2007 » Paulo Rogério Amoretty Souza, Brazilian lawyer and businessman (b. 1945)
• 2009 » Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (b. 1916)
• 2010 » Larry Keith, American actor (b. 1931)

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.
• February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
• March 15 » Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
• March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
• April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
• August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
• August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.

The temperature on July 17, 2008 was between 13.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.