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• Theodora Ludovica Stevens, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)

• Clyde James Stepp (74), Kettering, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Clara Dean Arnold (91), Eunice, Saint Landry, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Maria Hamers (92), Vught
• Bernadina Brugman (76), Purmerend
• * Aaltje Johanna Catharina Kerkhof (79), Haaften
• Anna Elisabeth van Krimpen (82), Leiden
• Carl Lee Denean (53), Largo, Pinellas, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Adriana Eggermont (56), Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Johanna Overduin (85), unbekannt
• Adriana Maria Cornelia van Eeten (94), Tilburg

• 1988 » Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
• 1988 » Sam Hutsby, English golfer
• 1989 » Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
• 1990 » Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress
• 1990 » Eric Saade, Swedish singer
• 1991 » Grant Hall, English footballer
• 1991 » Toby Tarrant, English radio broadcaster
• 1992 » Jacqueline Jossa, English actress
• 1993 » Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
• 1993 » India Eisley, American actress

• 1987 » Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1988 » Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
• 1993 » Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
• 1994 » Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
• 1997 » Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)

1. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Dennis
10. Mark
11. Sander
12. Johannes
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 5 » The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
• February 8 » General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
• October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
• November 17 » In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
• November 17 » United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The temperature on October 29, 1993 was between 1.4 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.