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• Lars David Splinter, Den Helder († 2008)

• Arie Jan Terlouw (73), Groot-Ammers
• Batte de Jonge (87), Emmen
• Ente Post (76), Den Helder
• Cesar Theofiel MAES (85)
• Emilienne Marguerite Adrienne Girard (92), Vichy (03), France
• Charles Wheeler (85), London, England
• Fenna Aleida Maria Enhus (83), Den Haag
• Anthonia Hermina Vermoolen (89)
• Annita Henriette DE CLERCQ (61), Zele (B)
• Catharina Plug (95), Katwijk

• 1990 » Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
• 1990 » Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 » Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 1992 » Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 1993 » Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
• 1995 » Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer
• 1999 » Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician
• 2003 » Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer

• 2007 » Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)
• 2008 » Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2008 » Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
• 2008 » Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980)
• 2008 » Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (b. 1940)
• 2009 » Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (b. 1931)
• 2009 » Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Drake Levin, American guitarist (b. 1946)
• 2009 » Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)

• 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 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
• June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
• July 13 » Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in Afghanistan. The U.S. deaths were, at that time, the most in a single battle since the beginning of operations in 2001.
• 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.
• October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.

The temperature on July 4, 2008 was between 9.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.