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• Cornelius Jan Mensinga (85)
• Eibert Gerards (71), Harderwijk
• Cornelia (Corrie) Bras (81)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria de Valk (80), Oegstgeest, ZH Netherlands
• Antonia Cornelia Klapwijk (80), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Mary Adelaid Funk (92), Yipsilanti, Washtenaw Co. Michigan
• Anna Wilhelmina Poker (87), Musselkanaal
• Arend Kersten, Wijhe, Nederland
• Cornelius Jan Mensinga (85)
• Cornelis Petrus Maria Van Bezouw (79), Oosterhout (Noord-Brabant, Nederland)

• 1988 » Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 » Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
• 1989 » Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• 1989 » Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer
• 1990 » Seth Curry, American basketball player
• 1992 » Nicola Docherty, Scottish footballer
• 1993 » Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
• 1994 » August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress († 2017)
• 1997 » Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer

• 2003 » Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913)
• 2003 » Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (b. 1944)
• 2005 » Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2006 » Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1928)
• 2008 » John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946)
• 2012 » Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)

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. Albert
16. Milan

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Maria
12. Eva
13. Fleur
14. Sanneke
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.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 21 » Ram Baran Yadav is declared the first president of Nepal.
• September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
• November 10 » Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.
• November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on August 23, 2008 was between 10.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.