About the day » Wednesday July 2, 2008Calender converter

• Annie Kools (79), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria - Jean, Sjaan Eggenhuizen (84), Albany, Western Australia, Australia
• Cornelia R. Gillenwaters (75)
• Adriaan Heres (64), Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Heres (64), Heerde
• Cornelia Koene (89), Ter Heijde, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andre CAUCHE (74)
• Bernie ABRAMS (66), Kentwood (Grand Rapids) Kent County Michigan U.S.A
• Antonius Henricus van Kuppeveld (76)
• Ann Maria Marguerite De Coninck (97), Gent, België

• 1990 » Danny Rose, English footballer
• 1990 » Kayla Harrison, American judoka
• 1990 » Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer
• 1990 » Merritt Mathias, American soccer player
• 1990 » Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player
• 1992 » Madison Chock, American ice dancer
• 1993 » Vince Staples, American rapper and actor
• 1994 » Henrik Kristoffersen, Norwegian skier
• 1995 » Ryan Murphy, American swimmer
• 1996 » Julia Grabher, Austrian tennis player

• 2004 » Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Norm Prescott, American actor, composer, and producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1916)
• 2007 » Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1956)
• 2010 » Beryl Bainbridge, English screenwriter and author (b. 1932)
• 2011 » Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (b. 1930)
• 2012 » Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1923)

• 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.
• May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
• May 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
• May 29 » A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
• June 11 » Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
• October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
• November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.

The temperature on July 2, 2008 was between 13.9 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.