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Born on Saturday August 9, 2008
- Thomas Jules Lieshout, Leusden
Died on Saturday August 9, 2008
- Barber Visser (83), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Wilhelmina Mobers (93), Sittard (Nederland)
- Catharina de Groot (90), Warmenhuizen
- Anna Veenstra (63), Damwoude
- Albertina Elisabeth Willem VANRUSSELT (92), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Adriana (Janie) Hoogenboom (86)
- Arie Cornelis Roos (74), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria Wilhelmina (Mina) Mobers (93), Sittard, Nederland
- Brian William Lukasik Heller (41), Marshall, Harrison, Texas, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Johanna van Burg (92), Zierikzee
Born on August 9
- 1990 » İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
- 1991 » Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler
- 1991 » Alice Barlow, English actress
- 1991 » Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
- 1993 » Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast
- 1993 » Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
- 1994 » Kelli Hubly, American soccer player
- 1995 » Eli Apple, American football player
- 1996 » Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model
- 1999 » Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater
Died on August 9
- 2004 » Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908)
- 2004 » Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer (b. 1918)
- 2005 » Judith Rossner, American author (b. 1935)
- 2006 » James Van Allen, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
- 2006 » Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914)
- 2007 » Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (b. 1922)
- 2008 » Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2008 » Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian author and poet (b. 1941)
- 2010 » Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (b. 1926)
- 2010 » Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923)
Names that were popular for boys in 2008
- Thomas
- Benjamin
- Gijs
- Ruben
- Lucas
- Pieter
- Ashton
- Jan
- Daan
- Sem
- Noah
- Lars
- Sam
- Thijs
- Milan
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 2008
- Marieke
- Emma
- Julia
- Femke
- Anna
- Sanne
- Sophie
- Lieke
- Lotte
- Jasmijn
- Maria
- Sanneke
- Fleur
- Milou
- Eva
- 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.
- February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
- February 29 » Misha Defonseca admits to fabricating her memoir, Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during the Holocaust.
- May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
- June 1 » A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios breaks out, destroying the attraction King Kong Encounter and a large archive of master tapes for music and film, the full extent of which was not revealed until 2019.
- September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
- November 14 » The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
Weather August 9, 2008
The temperature on August 9, 2008 was between 11.8 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.