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• Hailey van der Ark
• Lien Jacobs, Wilrijk († 2005)

• Aloysius, Rachel DIGNEF (67), Turnhout, Antwerpen
• André Arthur Denecker (75), Blankenberge,8370,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Albert Greven (85), Scheemda (gem. Oldambt)
• Albert Greven, (85)
• Albert Slot (72), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• ? ? (91)
• Arie van Wijk (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Geertruida Vermin (96), Sassenheim
• Anna Maria van der Rijt (79), Volkel
• Arie KLEINGELD (87), Leidschendam,,PAYS BAS

• 1984 » Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1985 » Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 » Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1985 » Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 » Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 1986 » Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1987 » Leanne Crichton, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1992 » Tara Moore, British tennis player

• 1985 » Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
• 1986 » Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1991 » Harry Reasoner, American journalist, co-created 60 Minutes (b. 1923)
• 1991 » Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian soldier and politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
• 1993 » Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928)

• 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 15.0 million citizens.
• January 17 » Crown prince Harald V of Norway becomes King Harald V, following the death of his father, King Olav V.
• February 1 » A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.
• February 15 » The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
• June 7 » Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3mi) high.
• August 25 » Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
• August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

The temperature on August 6, 1991 was between 15.4 °C and 30.5 °C and averaged 22.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.