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• Bryan Fleijsman, Amsterdam
• Arnold (Andries) BEKS, Hamont (B) († 2013)

• Anna Cornelia van Meel, Hoogerheide, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anneke van Vuuren (89), Haarlemmermeer
• Antje Riemersma (98)
• * Tijmen van Zessen (83), Lexmond
• Albert van den Dongen (77), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Dean Eiten (51), Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa
• Antje Jans Riemersma (98), Emmeloord
• Antonetta Goesten (86), Waalwijk
• Lakerveld (81)
• Anna Cornelia van Meel (68), Hoogerheide, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1982 » Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 » Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1984 » Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1985 » Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer
• 1987 » Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1988 » Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
• 1989 » Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 » Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1991 » Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
• 1996 » Royce Freeman, American football player

• 1986 » Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian Bharatnatyam dancer (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 1990 » Malcolm Forbes, American sergeant and publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 1991 » George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1991 » John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 1993 » Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (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. Bas
14. Robin
15. Robert
16. Wouter

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

• 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.
• April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
• July 27 » The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
• August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
• November 28 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
• December 1 » Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
• December 22 » Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.

The temperature on February 24, 1990 was between 6.9 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.