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• Jayden Christiano van Halteren, Eindhoven

• Dimitri Hebing (32), Almere
• Ikink (75), Tubbergen
• Christa Habets (59), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Geziena 't Hart (87), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Gos (82), Heers, België
• Bernardus Rorive (73), Baarn
• Anna Jans Heeringa (102), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirkje Muilwijk (93), rotterdam, Nederland
• Carolina van de Munt (88), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Luttjehuizen (92), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1982 » Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1983 » Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 » Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver
• 1986 » Wayne Routledge, English footballer winger
• 1987 » Davide Astori, Italian footballer († 2018)
• 1987 » Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
• 1987 » Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer
• 1990 » Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
• 1991 » Caster Semenya, South African sprinter
• 1991 » Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer

• 2004 » Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
• 2005 » Pierre Daninos, French author (b. 1913)
• 2006 » Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)
• 2007 » Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)
• 2008 » Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (b. 1917)
• 2012 » Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)
• 2014 » Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907)
• 2015 » Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

• 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 16.5 million citizens.
• January 20 » A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.
• February 20 » Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
• March 12 » Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
• April 6 » A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near L'Aquila, Italy, killing 307.
• September 29 » The 8.1 M_w  Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills 189 and injures hundreds.
• September 30 » The 7.6 M_w  Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

The temperature on January 7, 2009 was between -6.7 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.