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• Aartje Reintje van der Geld (93), Amersfoort
• Fedore Caroline von Tronchin (77), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Faassen (86), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eliza Serie (86), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andrew "Edison" McKeithan (64)
• Fokje Postma (81), -
• Eldred Oudekerk (83), Brownsdale Mower, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arend Boertien (86), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Ouwehand (88), Oegstgeest
• Augusta COLSON (92), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)

• 1993 » Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
• 1993 » Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
• 1994 » Bronte Campbell, Australian swimmer
• 1994 » Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
• 1994 » Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 » Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer
• 1995 » Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior, Brazilian footballer
• 1995 » Jonah Placid, Australian rugby player
• 1996 » Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ
• 2001 » Jack Hughes, American hockey player

• 1994 » Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1915)
• 1994 » W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (b. 1934)
• 1998 » Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (b. 1890)
• 2000 » Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (b. 1908)

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. 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.
• January 25 » A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
• May 7 » Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
• May 13 » India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
• May 21 » President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
• October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
• November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.

The temperature on May 14, 1998 was between 13.9 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.