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• Abe Willem Stitselaar, Amsterdam
• Nox SMEETS († 2021)
• Baukje Westerhof

• Barend Peek (85)
• van der Lee
• Aletta Sophia den Herder (87), Nunspeet
• Fransina Heinen (87), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• André M. Post (88), Amsterdam
• Bastiaan Gijsbert van de Merwe (61), Delft
• Emma Luella Weldon (90), The Manor at Perry Village
• Albert van der Rijt (82), Budel
• Albert Jozef (Jozef) HERINCKX (82), Halle (B)
• * Johannes (Jan) Sleutjes (90), Geldrop

• 1986 » Brian Orakpo, American football player
• 1986 » Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Michael Bradley, American soccer player
• 1988 » Alex Glenn, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Victoria Azarenka, Belorussian tennis player
• 1991 » Réka Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player
• 1992 » José Fernández, Cuban baseball player († 2016)
• 1992 » Kyle Larson, American race car driver
• 1992 » Ryan Johansen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 » Lil Uzi Vert, American hip hop artist

• 2003 » Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2004 » Virginia Grey, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2005 » Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 2009 » Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
• 2012 » Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Mollie Hunter, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1922)
• 2012 » Tony Sly, American musician, singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
• 2013 » Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (b. 1922)

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 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
• February 29 » The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence decides to withdraw Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan "immediately" after a leak leads to his deployment being reported by foreign media.
• April 6 » The 2008 Egyptian general strike starts led by Egyptian workers later to be adopted by April 6 Youth Movement and Egyptian activists.
• July 10 » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
• September 7 » The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
• December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

The temperature on July 31, 2008 was between 17.1 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 24.1 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.