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• Albertus Spijkerman (74)
• Geertruida Johanna Rademaker (93), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Edward Martin van Grootheest (81), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Jan Hendrik Klompenhouwer (81), Nijkerk, Friesland, Nederland
• Gerrit Jan Geugies (86), Hardenberg
• Dena H Withage (95), Lynden, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anna (Annie) Jonk (91)
• georgette DUFOUR (87), Tournai (Belgium) Hainaut
• Frankie Inez Crecy (78), Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Deborah Magerle (57), New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1990 » Emily Scarratt, English rugby union player
• 1991 » Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer
• 1991 » Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer and actor with the boy band Infinite.
• 1991 » Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Carl Jenkinson, English-Finnish footballer
• 1994 » Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
• 1994 » Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1995 » Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
• 1996 » Kenedy, Brazilian footballer

• 2014 » Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939)
• 2016 » Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
• 2016 » Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)
• 2016 » Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2016 » Violette Verdy, French ballerina (b. 1933)
• 2017 » Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (b. 1929)
• 2017 » Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1933)
• 2017 » Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku) (b. 1998)
• 2017 » Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English socialite, television presenter, model, and charity patron (b. 1971)

• 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 17.0 million citizens.
• April 10 » The Paravur temple accident in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu, kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for seventh day of Bhadrakali worship.
• May 23 » Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, killed at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden, Yemen.
• September 17 » Two bombs explode in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan. Thirty-one people are injured in the Manhattan bombing.
• September 29 » Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
• December 9 » President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn becomes Acting President, later declining to run for a full term.
• December 10 » Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.

The temperature on February 8, 2016 was between 7.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.