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• Danyke Esmee de Graaf, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Puck Mastenbroek, Groningen

• Geertruida Elisabeth (Truus) PIEKENPOL (87), Zaandam,Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Erwin Joseph Linz (83), Israël
• Antonius de Wolff (65), Tilburg
• Derkje Janna Temmink, Holten
• * Engelina Susanna Catharina van der heijden (79), Haarlem
• Anna Josephina Stalpers (94), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Hendriksz X Visser (77), EaZ
• Alberdina Spijk (72)
• Engelina Susanna Catharina van der Heijden (79), Haarlem, Nederland
• Edward John Eijlander (93), ayland, Allegan County, Michigan, VS

• 1988 » Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
• 1989 » Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
• 1989 » Simone Battle, American singer and actress († 2014)
• 1990 » Jordan Henderson, English footballer
• 1990 » Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1994 » Amari Cooper, American football player
• 1995 » Clément Lenglet, French footballer

• 1996 » Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Basil Hume, English cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2000 » Ismail Mahomed, South African lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1931)
• 2001 » Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1943)
• 2004 » Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 2006 » Bussunda, Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)

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.
• 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.
• July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
• July 17 » The 7.0 M_w  Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
• December 11 » Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.
• December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

The temperature on June 17, 1998 was between 11.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.