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Born on Friday August 22, 2008
- Caitlijn Sas, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Lily Perquy
Died on Friday August 22, 2008
- Anna Helena Margaretha Smit (97), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
- Frans GRILLET (70), Nieuwpoort, 8620, West-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
- Antoinette Barnet Fonda (89), unbekannt
- Antonius Gerardus Hermanus Wijtten (70), Den Helder
- Anna Margaretha (Mieke) (Hendrikus Menke) Gustin (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Ella Dorothea Meyer (89), Sheffield, Franklin County, Iowa
- Gezina Geertruida (Sien) te Winkel (78)
- Alice Leontine Marie Braet (86), Sint-Laureins
- Adriana Cornelia Heijkoop (88)
- Antoinetta Elisabeth Maria Jacobs (94), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on August 22
- 1989 » Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
- 1990 » Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
- 1990 » Randall Cobb, American football player
- 1990 » Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 » Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 » Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
- 1992 » Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
- 1994 » Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995 » Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
- 1996 » Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer
Died on August 22
- 2005 » Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
- 2005 » Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (b. 1929)
- 2007 » Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (b. 1922)
- 2008 » Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
- 2009 » Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
- 2009 » Muriel Duckworth, Canadian pacifist, feminist, and activist (b. 1908)
- 2010 » Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
- 2011 » Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
- 2011 » Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (b. 1922)
- 2011 » Jack Layton, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1950)
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 22 » The United States Air Force retires the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service.
- 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.
- August 20 » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
- August 30 » A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
- September 11 » A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
- October 15 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
The weather on Friday August 22, 2008
The temperature on August 22, 2008 was between 9.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI