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• Mitchell Stroink, Zwolle
• Daan Benjamin Stroink, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Augus Remeeus (67), Semarang, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië
• Arie Gerrit van Ockenburg (73), Dordrecht
• Antonius Tak (79), Oud Gastel, 4090, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van Ooy (74), Krimpen aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Rheenen (51)
• Catharina Cox (85)
• Adrianus Telleman (77), Zeist
• Antonius Marinus Braat (74), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Aaltje Nieuwenhuis (81), Akkerwoude
• Anna Berendina Mijnen (83), Doetinchem, Nederland

• 1990 » Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Jesinta Campbell, Australian model
• 1991 » Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
• 1992 » Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 » Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
• 1992 » Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
• 1993 » Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter
• 1996 » Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player

• 1988 » Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
• 1989 » William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903)
• 1992 » John Cage, American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
• 1996 » Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
• 2000 » Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Michael
6. Robin
7. Willem
8. Johannes
9. Niels
10. Rick
11. Daniel
12. Max
13. Dennis
14. David
15. Tim
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Lisa
4. Tessa
5. Michelle
6. Sanne
7. Anna
8. Melissa
9. Charlotte
10. Eva
11. Amanda
12. Esther
13. Iris
14. Eline
15. Elisabeth
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
• January 11 » The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
• April 14 » In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
• June 18 » The Troubles: Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attack a crowded pub with assault rifles in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland. Six Catholic civilians are killed and five wounded. It was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
• July 2 » USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board.
• October 14 » Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
• December 14 » Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.

The temperature on August 12, 1994 was between 14.3 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.