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• Lirienne Boeldak
• Marion Velten, amsterdam
• Maria Annemarie (Annemarie) Morsink, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Elize Mous, Curacao

• Anni Lautenbach (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Booij (75), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Verbeek (55)
• Aart van der Kaa (75)
• Cornelia van Zeventer (85), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Theodorus Cornelis van Dooren (75), Eindhoven
• Arnoldus Petrus van Loon (90), Tilburg
• Antonius Kruijssen
• Adrianus In 't Hout (78), Rotterdam
• Alayde Bonucci (60), Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1985 » Britt Nicole, American Christian pop artist
• 1985 » David Hart Smith, Canadian wrestler
• 1985 » Stephen Ferris, Irish rugby player
• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player

• 1983 » James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)
• 1986 » Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
• 1990 » Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 1996 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
• 1996 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Michael
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Kevin
7. Tim
8. Jeroen
9. Dennis
10. Nick
11. Rick
12. Alexander
13. Robin
14. Bas
15. Robert
16. Wouter

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Anna
4. Maria
5. Linda
6. Jessica
7. Charlotte
8. Samantha
9. Sanne
10. Sarah
11. Chantal
12. Stephanie
13. Johanna
14. Kim
15. Michelle
16. Lisa

• 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
• February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
• May 30 » Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
• July 27 » The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
• August 23 » Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
• September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
• November 20 » Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.

The temperature on August 2, 1990 was between 14.4 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.