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• Anne Verhoef, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn,Gelderland,Nederland

• Albertus Stephanus van Ochten (75), Maastricht
• Berendina Gesina Christina van den Bos (88), Losser
• Carine Josephine Jean-Marie PEETERS (22), Zutendaal (Limburg) (B)
• Charles Leslie Nott (80)
• Antoon Bremer (79), Alkmaar
• Aaltje Poortman (79)
• Alida van PUTTEN (91), Oudewater
• Celia van den BOOGERT (73), Roermond (Limburg, The Netherlands)
• Cornelia Huberta van Esch (93), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert David (Appie) Potse (75)

• 1991 » Marko Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
• 1992 » Andrei Peteleu, Romanian footballer
• 1992 » Callum Skinner, Scottish track cyclist
• 1992 » Carolina Horta, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 1992 » Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1992 » Deniss Rakels, Latvian footballer
• 1992 » Matt Eisenhuth, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Mario Jelavic, Croatian footballer
• 1995 » Liana Liberato, American television and film actress
• 1996 » Bunty Afoa, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1985 » Donald O. Hebb, Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
• 1995 » Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 1997 » Léon Dion, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Norris Bradbury, American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Fred Hoyle, English astronomer and author (b. 1915)
• 2001 » Kim Stanley, American actress (b. 1925)

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

• 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.
• August 21 » Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
• August 24 » Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
• October 17 » Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
• November 7 » WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
• December 3 » Taiwan held the first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only direct elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first direct elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directed Mayor of Kaohsiung.
• December 26 » Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.

The temperature on August 20, 1994 was between 10.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.