About the day » Wednesday December 8, 2010Calender converter

• Siska VANELVERDINGHE

• Dirkje Bras (88), Aalsmeer
• Cornelis Johannes Versteeg (63), Vinkeveen
• Anna Antonia van de Griend (87), Kaatsheuvel, Nederland
• Aagje Trouwborst (91)
• Berendina KIERS (93), Emmen
• Antje Kraaijeveld (84), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ben Peperkamp (68), Bemmel
• Anna Leonarda Jacqueline Maria Zeelen (71), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Schuitemaker (64), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Kiers (93), Emmen

• 1986 » Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
• 1989 » Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
• 1993 » AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
• 1993 » Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
• 1993 » Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
• 1993 » Jordan Obita, English footballer
• 1994 » Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
• 1994 » Raheem Sterling, English footballer

• 2007 » Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983)
• 2008 » Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2008 » Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2009 » Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
• 2012 » Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987)
• 2012 » John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Johnny Lira, American boxer (b. 1951)
• 2013 » John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 2013 » Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)
• 2013 » Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
• January 4 » The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.
• April 20 » The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.
• June 24 » Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
• July 11 » The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
• September 19 » The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
• December 31 » Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.

The temperature on December 8, 2010 was between -4.7 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.