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• Lucian van ZWEDEN, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Damian Michael van Zonneveld, Almere, Nederland († 2015)
• Dave Fabian de Vries, Blaricum
• Flor Verschueren

• Ellie Olde Bijvank (54)
• Bert NN
• Engeberta Kroes (96), Wezep
• Elisabeth Rienks (87), Joure
• Charlotte Helen Van Oostendorp (82), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Herrema (92)
• Anna de Haan (87), Wijnjewoude, Opsterland (Frl)
• Bertha Herrema (92), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Desiree Bloem
• Gerda te Kiefte (74), Varsseveld

• 1990 » Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
• 1991 » Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Tom English, Australian rugby player
• 1992 » Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host
• 1994 » Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer
• 1994 » Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer († 2014)
• 1994 » Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer
• 1996 » Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
• 1998 » Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter

• 2009 » Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 2011 » Mike Starr, American bass player (b. 1966)
• 2012 » Minoru Mori, Japanese businessman, founded the Mori Art Museum (b. 1934)
• 2012 » Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 » Steven Rubenstein, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1962)
• 2013 » Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricketer and manager (b. 1939)
• 2013 » John O'Connell, Irish journalist and politician, 17th Irish Minister of Health (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921)
• 2014 » William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923)

1. Nathan
2. Lucas
3. Bram
4. Jan
5. Ruben
6. Thomas
7. Finn
8. Liam
9. Jesse
10. Milan
11. Daan
12. Levi
13. Jacob
14. Thijs
15. Sem
16. Luuk

1. Abby
2. Tess
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Emma
6. Iris
7. Indy
8. Julia
9. Olivia
10. Tessa
11. Lieke
12. Charlotte
13. Lotte
14. Eef
15. Luisa
16. Eva

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.7 million citizens.
• March 4 » A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
• April 21 » Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.
• April 27 » At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
• June 23 » Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
• September 11 » The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
• October 9 » Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.

The temperature on March 8, 2012 was between 2.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.