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August 3, 2008Born on Monday August 4, 2008
- Lorena Lucilla Kloes, Amsterdam († 2008)
Died on Monday August 4, 2008
- Elde Lioba Göckler (73), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Annegina sijp (68), Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
- Gerardus Johannes Saat (78), Huissen
- Engelien Besselink (57), Aadorp
- Harm Bekkema (86)
- Bente Birgitte Kirstein (81), Wassenaar
- Adriana Willemien de Jong (85), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- BENTE BIRGITTE KIRSTEIN (81), WASSENAAR
- Hattie May VARNEY (94), Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
- Henderikus Popken (97), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
Born on August 4
- 1989 » Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1989 » Tomasz Kaczor, Polish sprint canoeist
- 1990 » Hikmet Balioğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1990 » Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer
- 1991 » Izet Hajrović, Bosnian footballer
- 1991 » Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 » Cole Sprouse, American actor
- 1992 » Daniele Garozzo, Italian fencer
- 1992 » Dylan Sprouse, American actor
- 1995 » Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
Died on August 4
- 2004 » Hossein Panahi (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (b. 1956)
- 2004 » Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (b. 1921)
- 2005 » Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)
- 2005 » Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)
- 2007 » Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- 2007 » Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)
- 2008 » Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)
- 2009 » Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)
- 2011 » Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (b. 1977)
- 2012 » Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Benjamin
- Gijs
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Ashton
- Jan
- Daan
- Sem
- Lars
- Noah
- Thijs
- Sam
- Milan
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Maria
- Fleur
- Sanneke
- 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.
- March 23 » Official opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India
- 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.
- June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
- July 1 » Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
- 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 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
Weather August 4, 2008
The temperature on August 4, 2008 was between 15.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.