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Died on Sunday August 17, 2008
- David Albert Spanjer (56)
- Carolina Bogers (68), Heiloo, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Antoinette Cleynen (96), Sint-Truiden, België
- Diewertje van Dijk (68), Harderwijk, Gelderland, NL
- Dymphna Johanna Cornelia Jonkers (75), Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Elisabeth Petronella Staal (84), Waalwijk, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adrianus Martinus Rovers (67), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Clarence Charles Eckert (82), Odessa, Ector, Texas
- Anna Jacoba Kronmöller (76)
- Cornelis van Noord (83)
Born on August 17
- 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
- 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
- 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
- 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
- 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
- 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2000 » Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
Died on August 17
- 2004 » Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)
- 2005 » John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
- 2006 » Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
- 2007 » Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913)
- 2007 » Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
- 2008 » Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)
- 2010 » Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
- 2012 » Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
- 2012 » Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
- 2012 » Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Johannes
- Jan
- Pieter
- Willem
- Benjamin
- Thomas
- James
- Lucas
- Hendrik
- Jacob
- Cornelis
- Ruben
- Daan
- Floris
- Albert
- Thijs
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Maria
- Anna
- Sophie
- Julia
- Marie
- Johanna
- Marieke
- Anne
- Emma
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Elizabeth
- Cornelia
- Jasmijn
- Sanne
- Eva
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2008
- 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.
- April 30 » Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
- 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.
- August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
- October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
- 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.
- December 24 » The Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
The weather on Sunday August 17, 2008
The temperature on August 17, 2008 was between 13.2 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI