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• Karina Maatje de Voogd, Kruiningen
• Jorinde Jasmijn Kleverlaan, Alkmaar

• Catharina Paulina Louisa Truijman (84), Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alkkina Lubben (77), Stadskanaal
• Radstake (66), Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antonius Adrianus Kouters (86), Noordhoek
• Cornelia Jacobje Dingena Rietveld (85), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Rooden (92), Leerdam
• Bontje Miedema (72), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Kreuzen (85)
• Antonius Petrus Lucacevich (84), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Alvan Raymond Godhard AGOD01.ALV01 (74), Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten

• 1992 » Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1992 » Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer
• 1992 » Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
• 1992 » Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
• 1994 » Elliot Lee, English footballer
• 1994 » José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
• 1996 » Joel Adams, Australian pop/soul singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
• 1998 » Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player

• 1993 » Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1996 » Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1998 » William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
• 2003 » Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
• 2003 » Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
• 2004 » Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Robin
6. Tim
7. Jan
8. Max
9. Bas
10. Bram
11. Kevin
12. Rick
13. Dennis
14. Johannes
15. Lars
16. Pieter

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Anne
7. Femke
8. Charlotte
9. Anouk
10. Lotte
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Demi
14. Lisa
15. Anna
16. Iris

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
• February 4 » The 5.9 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
• February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
• June 5 » A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
• August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
• August 26 » The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.
• November 20 » A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

The temperature on December 16, 1998 was between 5.3 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.