About the day » Sunday September 14, 2008Calender converter

• William Harry Robert (Infant) ARMSTRONG, Old London Road, Swinfen († 2008)

• Franciscus Eduardus Plasschaert (89), Hulst
• Elisabeth Winter (90), Coevorden
• Clement van Houwelingen (86)
• Dixie Shelor (86), Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, United States of America
• Bertie Decker (71), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Dina Pool (93), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Leenen (79), Sint-Truiden, België
• Berthe Fayhay (92), Orp-Jauche, Nivelles, Brabant wallon, Belgique
• antonius johannes paulus (toon) steijvers (70), helden-panningen
• Franciscus van Hoek (75), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1992 » Connor Fields, American cyclist
• 1992 » Zico, South Korean rapper
• 1993 » Brandon Brown, American race car driver
• 1994 » Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
• 1994 » Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish professional football central defender
• 1994 » Gary Harris, American basketball player
• 1994 » Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1995 » Deshaun Watson, American football player
• 1996 » Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
• 1996 » Myles Wright, English professional footballer

• 2005 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2006 » Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
• 2006 » Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
• 2007 » Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (b. 1927)
• 2008 » Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1923)
• 2009 » Henry Gibson, American actor (b. 1935)
• 2009 » Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
• 2009 » Keith Floyd, English chef and author (b. 1943)
• 2009 » Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)

• 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
• June 11 » The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
• August 8 » A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 14, 2008 was between 6.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.