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Born on Sunday August 31, 2008
Died on Sunday August 31, 2008
- Albertje (Alie) Diepstra (78), Heemskerk, Netherlands
- Catharina Metzon (81)
- Frank- Gladstone Churchill Brown - Jamaica and Mcdonald (85), Kingston, St Andrew, Jamaica
- Alda Gaethofs (78), Genk
- Albert Dams (87)
- Cornelia Adriana van Bezouw (88), Tilburg
- Aisha Kabir (37), Katsina, Nigeria
- Cornelis Voorsluijs (76), Haastrecht
- Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Manders (89), Tilburg
- Bertha Pieternella Pals, Musselkanaal, Groningen, Nederland
Born on August 31
- 1990 » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
- 1991 » António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
- 1991 » Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
- 1992 » Holly Earl, British actress
- 1992 » Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
- 1993 » Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
- 1993 » Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
- 1994 » Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
- 1994 » Can Aktav, Turkish football player
Died on August 31
- 2005 » Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 2006 » Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2006 » Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
- 2007 » Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
- 2007 » Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (b. 1928)
- 2007 » Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (b. 1926)
- 2008 » Ike Pappas, American journalist (b. 1933)
- 2008 » Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
- 2008 » Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)
- 2010 » Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (b. 1960)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Benjamin
- Gijs
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Daan
- Ashton
- Jan
- Sem
- Lars
- Noah
- Thijs
- Sam
- Albert
- Milan
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Sanneke
- Fleur
- Maria
- Eva
- Milou
- Nina
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.
- May 23 » The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
- May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
- June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
- August 13 » Russo-Georgian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
- November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
- December 14 » Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
Weather August 31, 2008
The temperature on August 31, 2008 was between 13.4 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.