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• Levi Nathanaël Kaptein, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Levi Nathanaël Kaptein, Gouda († 2015)

• Gabriela Cisneros Rodriguez (90), Leon de los Aldama, León, Guanajuato, México
• Antonius Petrus Maria Opstal (69), Leidschendam
• Dorothy Dale Hubbard (85), Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
• Fiep Stok (65)
• Frederik Hendrik Rosbag (68), Utrecht
• Cornelia van der Lely (94), Monnickendam, Nederland
• Catharina Pholtine Louise (Catharina Foltine Louise) Ypma (95), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ellen Edith Desiré Drijsen (85), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Frank Alfred Squire (95), Canon, Fremont, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Brenda Kay Worrell (68), Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten

• 1989 » Liam Bridcutt, English footballer
• 1990 » Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 1991 » Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
• 1991 » Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 » Valentijn Lietmeijer, Dutch basketball player
• 1992 » Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
• 1996 » 6ix9ine, American rapper
• 2001 » Jordyn Huitema, Canadian soccer player
• 2003 » Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco

• 2014 » Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (b. 1939)
• 2014 » Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935)
• 2014 » R. Douglas Stuart Jr., American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Norway (b. 1916)
• 2014 » Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)
• 2015 » Atanas Semerdzhiev, Bulgarian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Bulgaria (b. 1924)
• 2015 » Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2015 » Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Mwepu Ilunga, Congolese footballer (b. 1949)
• 2015 » Zeki Alasya, Turkish actor and director (b. 1943)

1. Sem
2. Jan
3. Max
4. Noah
5. Liam
6. Lucas
7. Thijs
8. Jacob
9. Thomas
10. Julian
11. Levi
12. Jack
13. James
14. Luuk
15. Tim
16. Siem

1. Emma
2. Charlotte
3. Sophie
4. Bo
5. Noor
6. Dana
7. Nora
8. Anna
9. Lisa
10. Ella
11. Sarah
12. Julia
13. Lotte
14. Mila
15. Tess
16. Roos

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 16.9 million citizens.
• May 3 » Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
• July 23 » NASA announces discovery of Kepler-452b by Kepler.
• September 24 » At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
• October 1 » Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
• November 4 » A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
• November 13 » A set of coordinated terror attacks in Paris, including multiple shootings, explosions, and a hostage crisis in the 10th and 11th arrondissements kill 130 people, seven attackers, and injured 368 others, with at least 80 critically wounded.

The temperature on May 8, 2015 was between 7.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.