About the day » Saturday March 16, 1991Calender converter

• Maria Josephine Cornelia de Groot
• Erik Veltmaat († 1991)

• Alida Cornelia de Gooijer (94), Amstelveen, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Jacoba van der Valk (55), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Hendrik Ketting (76)
• Alberta van Dijken (69), Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Andries Albert (André) Vandevoort (75), Hasselt, België
• Arie Hendrik Ketting (76)
• Alphons de Block (85), Terneuzen
• Achiel Jozef DE CAUWER (79), Temse,9140,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje de Vries (89), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Brigitte von Kluge (67)

• 1988 » Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater
• 1989 » Blake Griffin, American basketball player
• 1989 » Jung So-min, South Korean actress
• 1989 » Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist
• 1989 » Theo Walcott, English footballer
• 1990 » Andre Young, American basketball player
• 1991 » Reggie Bullock, American basketball player
• 1991 » Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
• 1993 » George Ford, English rugby union player
• 1993 » Marine Lorphelin, Miss France

• 1985 » Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1988 » Jigger Statz, American baseball player (b.1897)
• 1988 » Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1990 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Chris Austin, American country singer (b .1964)
• 1991 » Jean Bellette, Australian artist (b. 1908)
• 1992 » Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903)
• 1994 » Eric Show, American baseball player (b. 1956)
• 1998 » Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Patrick
5. Kevin
6. Michael
7. Dennis
8. Martijn
9. Mark
10. Tim
11. Cornelis
12. Rick
13. Niels
14. Robin
15. Robert
16. Tom

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anne
4. Maria
5. Joyce
6. Anna
7. Jessica
8. Michelle
9. Amy
10. Stephanie
11. Kim
12. Nicole
13. Melissa
14. Sarah
15. Esther
16. Johanna

• 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
• January 29 » Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
• June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
• June 19 » The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
• July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
• August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
• November 7 » Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

The temperature on March 16, 1991 was between 7.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.