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• Mette Saerens, Gent
• Daniq Kardolus, amsterdam

• Antonia Frederika van Oorspronk (85), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ann Katharine Swynford Lambton (96)
• Arendina de Vries (99), Nuenen
• Ben Wolf (83), Apeldoorn
• Dolores Gonçalves Costa (101), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anna Faber (99), Emmen
• Arendina de Vries (99), Nuenen
• Carel Christiaan SELLING (90), Zaandam
• Aaltje Bomhof (90), Apeldoorn
• Bernardus Jacobus Johannes Vollenbroek (73), Hengelo

• 1988 » Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player
• 1988 » Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer
• 1988 » Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor
• 1989 » Sam McKendry, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 » Eray İşcan, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Jake Nicholson, English footballer
• 1994 » Christian Welch, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 » Paul Momirovski, Australian rugby league player
• 1998 » Erin Cuthbert, footballer
• 1998 » Ronaldo Vieira, Bissau-Guinean footballer

• 2004 » Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (b. 1902)
• 2005 » Edward Bunker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2006 » Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2007 » A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 » Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentinian cartoonist (b. 1944)
• 2008 » Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress (b. 1907)
• 2009 » Frank McCourt, American author and educator (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Henry Surtees, English race car driver (b. 1991)
• 2010 » Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (b. 1928)
• 2010 » Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (b. 1917)

1. Thomas
2. Gijs
3. Benjamin
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Daan
8. Ashton
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. Maria
12. Eva
13. Fleur
14. Sanneke
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 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
• May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
• June 26 » A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
• 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 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 19, 2008 was between 13.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 13.1 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.