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• Bernardus Jacobus Johannes Witte (62), Winterswijk
• Gerardus Maria Smulders (77), Mierlo
• Bernardus Jacobus Johannus Witte- (62), Winterswijk, Nederland
• Andries Kieboom (75), Werkendam
• Anna Mae Doane (68)
• Albert Bol (90), Passendale
• Cornelis de Jager (90), Den Helder
• Cornelia Francisca Berbée (86), Sassenheim
• Arnoldina Maria van Bakel (90), Deurne
• "Guy" Joseph Marie Jean de Passemar de Saint André (97)

• 1991 » Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Chanel Simmonds, South African tennis player
• 1992 » Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
• 1992 » Oliver Rowland, English race car driver
• 1993 » Andre Drummond, American basketball player
• 1993 » Shin Hye-jeong, South Korean singer
• 1993 » Yuto Nakajima, Japanese actor, dancer, model, singer, and idol
• 1994 » Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer
• 1996 » Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player
• 1997 » Kylie Jenner, American television personality and model

• 2007 » Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1925)
• 2007 » James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1920)
• 2007 » Jean Rédélé, French race car driver and pilot, founded Alpine (b. 1922)
• 2007 » Tony Wilson, English journalist, producer, and manager, co-founded Factory Records (b. 1950)
• 2008 » Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)
• 2010 » Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
• 2010 » David L. Wolper, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 2010 » Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)
• 2011 » Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2012 » Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (b. 1963)

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 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 3 » ATA Airlines, once one of the ten largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in five years and ceases all operations.
• 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 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
• September 28 » Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.
• November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.

The temperature on August 10, 2008 was between 15.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.