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• Siebe Hamerlinck, Bornem († 2008)
• Allek Mikhail Christoph Ubachs, Eindhoven
• Winne Hamerlinck, Bornem († 2008)

• Åse Rønningstad (73), Elverum, Elverum, Hedmark, Norway
• Annechiena Margaretha Koops (98), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Cor Reijntjes (74), Nijmegen
• Cornelia Johanna van der Pot (87), Delft
• Anna Maria Cornelia Norberta Smits (86), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Zoetelief (91), Den Helder
• Schoen (82), Enschede
• Bernice de Boer (91), Britt, Iowa
• Bernardus Johannes Adrianus Heuer (79), Tilburg
• Catharina de Vreede (90)

• 1988 » Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Michael Cooper, English rugby league player
• 1990 » Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
• 1990 » Oliver Gill, English footballer
• 1991 » Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper and bass player
• 1991 » Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 » Jae Park, South Korean-American singer (Day6)
• 1995 » Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1996 » Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer
• 1997 » Quin Houff, American racing driver

• 2006 » Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2006 » Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
• 2006 » Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
• 2007 » Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2007 » Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
• 2007 » Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2007 » Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
• 2008 » Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
• 2009 » Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2010 » Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

• 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 19 » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
• April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
• May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
• July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
• September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
• September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.

The temperature on September 15, 2008 was between 8.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.