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• Margaretha Maria Moreau (88), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Frederick Ray Fountain (75), New Iberia LA
• John Bontje (87), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Maria Antoinette Renssen (96), Deventer
• Jacobus van Bergen van der Grijp (84), Den Helder, Gemeente den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Margaret Cheri van Zandt (62), San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
• Johannes Hendrikus Hamers (87), Tilburg
• Evert Peters (51)
• Johan Govaert (77), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Jan Muijs (87), Purmerend

• 1992 » Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
• 1992 » Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
• 1993 » Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
• 1993 » Darrell Wallace, Jr., American race car driver
• 1993 » Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
• 1993 » Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
• 1996 » Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
• 1996 » Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
• 1997 » Bella Thorne, American actress
• 1999 » Camila Rossi, Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

• 2014 » Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)
• 2014 » Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
• 2014 » Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2014 » Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)
• 2015 » Dennis Eichhorn, American author and illustrator (b. 1945)
• 2015 » Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2015 » Lindy Infante, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
• 2015 » Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (b. 1940)
• 2015 » Richard Davies, Welsh-English actor (b. 1926)

• 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 Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.2 million citizens.
• January 31 » Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
• February 14 » Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa.
• May 9 » The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
• July 25 » As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
• September 20 » At least 161 people die after a ferry capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria and part of Tanzania.
• October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

The temperature on October 8, 2018 was between 2.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.