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• Demi Klein, Zkh. Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland

• Barta Harmina IJzerman (82), Heerde
• Cleora May ATWOOD (50)
• Anton Petrus Witmer (71), Tilburg
• Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine Warning (93), Den Haag
• Cornelia Clasina Duivenvoorden (87), Noordwijk
• Bertha Willemsdr van Wagtendonk (82), Amstelveen
• Antonius T. Heeman (75), Diemen
• Boudewina Molenaar (86)
• Bauke Bouke Kemker (83), Workum
• Bauke (Bouke) Kemker (83), Workum

• 1988 » Kealoha Pilares, American football player
• 1989 » Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player
• 1991 » Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer
• 1991 » Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter
• 1991 » Jocelyn Rae, English-Scottish tennis player
• 1992 » Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Elseid Hysaj, Albanian footballer

• 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Audrey Munson, American model (b. 1891)
• 1996 » Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (b. 1946)
• 1999 » Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
• 2000 » Anatoly Sobchak, Russian lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
• 2001 » Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)

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

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

• 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 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
• March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• May 27 » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• June 4 » Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• July 17 » A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• 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.

The temperature on February 20, 1998 was between 8.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.