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• Anne Niewenhuis († 1996)
• Eliza Weerkamp, Enschede Stad, Overijssel, Nederland († 1995)
• Tim Schilling

• Gary John de Haan (88), Riverside County, California
• Gerardus Lucas ten Wolde (85), Enschede,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Frederika da Silva Rosa (92), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• 00 Maria Cecilia van der Zon (67)
• Carel Juliaan Wielenga (82)
• Geert Enno van der Zaag (90), Fr. Stroobos
• Edith Oechies (62), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Joannes van der Linde (82), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Dale Franklin Deeter (79), Wayne Lakes, Darke County, Ohio
• Auke Dijkstra (84), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
• 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
• 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
• 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
• 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2000 » Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter

• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1990 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
• 1995 » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
• 1998 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
• 2000 » Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Martijn
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tom
6. Dennis
7. Tim
8. Jeroen
9. Sander
10. Niels
11. Robin
12. Mark
13. Bart
14. Patrick
15. Johannes
16. Hendrik

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Anne
5. Michelle
6. Emma
7. Iris
8. Sanne
9. Melissa
10. Lisanne
11. Lotte
12. Amber
13. Nathalie
14. Nicole
15. Jessica
16. Charlotte

• 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 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 15.4 million citizens.
• March 22 » Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
• October 3 » The O. J. Simpson murder case ended with a verdict of not guilty.
• October 26 » Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
• October 27 » Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
• November 6 » Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
• December 6 » Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashes into the Bo-Dzhausa Mountain, killing 98.

The temperature on August 17, 1995 was between 16.5 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.