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August 6, 2013Died on Wednesday August 7, 2013
- Gordon Sinclair Bird (79), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Harold E van Dyke (88)
- Henricus Martinus Maria Ebbing (81), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Dick Charles Dykstra (77), Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa
- Elisabeth Lies Baars (89), Amstelveen Noord-Holland Nederland
- Heinrich Walter HAUSMEIER (79), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Provincie Overijssel,Nederland
- Anselma Maria Petronella van Dijck (81), Oirschot
- Harry Everhard Loman (77), Almelo
- Carine Gerarda TACQUET (56), Brugge
- Darryl A Swalve (61), Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
Born on August 7
- 1991 » Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer († 2016)
- 1991 » Mike Trout, American baseball player
- 1991 » Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
- 1992 » Adam Yates, English cyclist
- 1992 » E. J. Tackett, American bowler
- 1992 » Simon Yates, English cyclist
- 1993 » Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
- 1993 » Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
- 1998 » María Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer
- 1998 » Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver
Died on August 7
- 2012 » Anna Piaggi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1931)
- 2012 » Judith Crist, American critic and academic (b. 1922)
- 2012 » Murtuz Alasgarov, Azerbaijani academic and politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (b. 1928)
- 2012 » Vladimir Kobzev, Russian footballer and coach (b. 1959)
- 2013 » Alexander Yagubkin, Russian boxer (b. 1961)
- 2013 » Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer (b. 1964)
- 2013 » Anthony Pawson, English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (b. 1952)
- 2013 » Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
- 2013 » Meeli Truu, Estonian architect († 1946)
- 2013 » Samuel G. Armistead, American linguist, historian, and academic (b. 1927)
Names that were popular for boys in 2013
- Jan
- Pieter
- Johannes
- Alexander
- Willem
- Levi
- Cornelis
- Louis
- George
- Hendrik
- Albert
- Thomas
- Jonathan
- Benjamin
- Lucas
- Ruben
Names that were popular for girls in 2013
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Emma
- Sophie
- Julia
- Anne
- Rose
- Lisa
- Elise
- Catharina
- Lynn
- Eva
- Lotte
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 2013
- 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
- February 11 » The Vatican confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI would resign the papacy as a result of his advanced age.
- April 12 » Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
- May 13 » American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted abortions, involuntary manslaughter of a woman during an abortion procedure, and other charges.
- June 3 » At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
- June 16 » A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.
- June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
The weather on Wednesday August 7, 2013
The temperature on August 7, 2013 was between 12.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI