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• Martijn Van Dijk, Zwolle († 1997)
• Jelle Van Dijk, Zwolle († 1993)

• Cleopatra Adella Scott (95), Montego Bay, Saint James, Jamaica
• Cornelia Magdalena Sophia Leusen (80), Delft
• Berend IJzerman (83), Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Afonso Vilvert (81), São José, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Antonius Hessels Nijholt (60), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christina Maria Erica (79), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ludovica Schellekens (85), Geel, België
• Dina Blaauwgeers (87)
• Bastiaan Spruijt (72)
• Cecilla Adriana van Rijsewijk (73), Bergen op Zoom

• 1989 » Jessica Nigri, American model and actress
• 1989 » Mathieu Manset, French footballer
• 1989 » Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
• 1991 » Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1991 » Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 » Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1995 » Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 » Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1997 » Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Olivia Holt, American actress and singer

• 1987 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)
• 1998 » Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Sander
10. Dennis
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Rick
14. Jacob
15. Hendrik
16. Ruben

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Anne
7. Melissa
8. Anna
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Sarah
13. Jessica
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• 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 15.2 million citizens.
• January 3 » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
• March 11 » Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
• April 22 » Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
• May 24 » Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
• October 30 » The Troubles: Loyalists carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, killing six Catholics and two Protestants.
• November 18 » In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.

The temperature on August 5, 1993 was between 13.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.