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• Maartje Sophie Onderdelinden
• Trista Visser († 2016)
• Truida Visser († 2016)

• Cornelis Poot (72)
• Hendrikus Marinus Cornelis Schuurmans (62), Nuland
• Clara Van Hoe (78), Waregem 8790, Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen
• Hendrikje Gerrits (91), Radewijk
• Henricus Cornelis Soons (76)
• James Wilford Mattingly (95), Hardin Memorial Hospital, Hardin County, Kentucky
• Hendrika Johanna (Rita) van Streun (61), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Aloysius Ashenheim Milholland Bennavis Martin (82), Kissimmee, Osceola, Florida, United States
• Cornelis Uitenbroek (82), Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Frankrijk
• Antonius Johannes (Antoon) van Wijk (78), Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1985 » Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand author
• 1985 » Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter
• 1987 » Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
• 1987 » Matthew Connolly, English footballer
• 1988 » Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder
• 1991 » Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
• 1993 » Ben Platt, American actor
• 1997 » Tosin Adarabioyo, English Footballer

• 2004 » Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2006 » Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)
• 2006 » Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)
• 2008 » Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)
• 2008 » Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)
• 2009 » Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (b. 1975)
• 2010 » Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
• 2012 » Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923)
• 2012 » Pierre Adam, French cyclist (b. 1924)

1. Thomas
2. Gijs
3. Benjamin
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Ashton
8. Daan
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
14. Sam
15. Milan
16. Albert

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Maria
12. Fleur
13. Sanneke
14. Eva
15. Milou
16. Nina

• 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 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
• May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
• June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
• October 29 » Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.
• December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
• December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

The temperature on September 24, 2008 was between 9.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.