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Died on Tuesday August 16, 2011
- Berend van Diepen (86), Wapenveld, Nederland
- Ellsworth Quinton Runyon (89), Cadillac, Wexford Co.Michigan
- Bob Albert Braakman (72), Den Helder
- Adelia Crossley Hovis (84), Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah
- Franciscus Wilhelmus de Zoete (63), Ede(GE)
- Alida Huberta van den Nouland (91), Voorhout
- Asra Haman (84), Enschede
- Clarence James Vogl (91), Akron (Washington Co., Colorado)
- Engeliena Teuntje Frederika Hoogendoorn (90), Harderwijk (GL)
- Dolores Jean BRUINSMA (73), Mitchell Davison County South Dakota U.S.A
Born on August 16
- 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
- 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
- 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
- 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
- 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
- 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
- 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
- 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
- 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
- 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater
Died on August 16
- 2008 » Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
- 2008 » Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
- 2008 » Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)
- 2010 » Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)
- 2011 » Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916)
- 2012 » Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
- 2012 » Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938)
- 2012 » Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)
- 2012 » William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2013 » David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
Names that were popular for boys in 2011
- Tim
- Thomas
- Lucas
- Chris
- Liam
- Daan
- Jesse
- Lars
- Sem
- Luuk
- Thijs
- Julian
- Levi
- Milan
- Gijs
- Finn
Names that were popular for girls in 2011
- Lenthe
- Lieke
- Anna
- Sophie
- Emma
- Sanne
- Eva
- Charlotte
- Elise
- Julia
- Lotte
- Tess
- Zoi
- Lisa
- Maria
- Olivia
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2011
- 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, 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 21 » Anti government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Five people lose their lives from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office. To date, no one has been held accountable for the deaths.
- March 12 » A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
- July 21 » NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
- September 7 » A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
- September 18 » The 2011 Sikkim earthquake is felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
- October 15 » The 2011 Global Protests occur.
Weather August 16, 2011
The temperature on August 16, 2011 was between 12.4 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.