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• Mitchel Dinkela, Arnhem († 2009)
• Procorus Nathanael LOUWERSHEIMER, Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada)

• Cor Kremers (76), Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Geertje Wessemius (91), Zwartsluis
• Alida Hartman (88), Bloemendaal
• Geessien Paas (91)
• Anna Cornelia Pieterse (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Elisa Martha VAN DER LOO (90), Brazilië
• Antonius Cornelis Voogd (76), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Pieterse (88), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Pierre Vanhaelewyn (66), Staden
• Dinie Meijer (88), Hengelo

• 1984 » Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
• 1985 » Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor
• 1986 » David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
• 1987 » Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
• 1987 » Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1987 » Manteo Mitchell, American runner
• 1987 » Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1988 » Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
• 1990 » Magaye Gueye, French footballer
• 1992 » Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player

• 2004 » Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 2004 » Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Claude Simon, Malagasy-French novelist and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 2005 » Ed McBain, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2007 » Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (b. 1939)
• 2009 » Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
• 2009 » Vasily Aksyonov, Russian author and academic (b. 1932)
• 2010 » Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2011 » Carly Hibberd, Australian road racing cyclist (b. 1985)

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. 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.
• 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 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
• 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.
• September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
• September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
• December 27 » Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

The temperature on July 6, 2008 was between 14.1 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.