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• Daniel Jacobs, Hoevelaken
• Joëy Heijstek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Demy Reininga
• Niels Oost († 1998)
• Ashley Main SCHOONVELD
• Marlies Elisa Antoine Thierens, Sint-Niklaas (B)

• Elizabeth Johanna van Bladel (83), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Franciscus Vulker (72), Enschede
• Flora Christina van Tusschenbroek (88)
• Dallas James Rouillard (0), Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
• Adolfo Cicognani (63), Italy
• Cor Coolen (77), Deurne (B)
• Filippus Bruins
• Elizabeth Johanna van Bladel (83)
• Dirk Jorisz Koning (83), Hazlewood, Canada
• Andries Lampe (43)

• 1988 » Winston Reid, New Zealand-Danish footballer
• 1989 » Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and actress
• 1989 » Mitchell Dodds, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Bobby Hopkinson, English footballer
• 1990 » Lucas Mendes, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 » Nathan Gardner, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Alison Howie, Scottish field hockey player
• 1991 » Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russian tennis player
• 1992 » Will Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Ben Winchell, American actor

• 1993 » Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936)
• 1994 » Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player and coach (b. 1934)
• 1995 » Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Pancho Gonzales, American tennis player (b. 1928)
• 1998 » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949)
• 1999 » Manoj Kumar Pandey,Param Vir ChakraIndian army personnel
• 1999 » Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1952)
• 1999 » Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
• 2001 » Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 2001 » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1931)

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.
• July 10 » Catholic Church sexual abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $23.4million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by Rudolph Kos, a former priest.
• August 28 » Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
• September 2 » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
• October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.
• November 20 » The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
• November 26 » The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.

The temperature on July 3, 1998 was between 12.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.