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• Malou Anne (Malou) van Vianen, Berlicum

• Dina van Driel (84), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Appolonia Vermeulen (90), Apeldoorn
• Cornelia Cevaal (74), Middelburg
• Andreas Schelle (71), Vlijmen
• Cornelia Johanna van Oers (89)
• Adrianus van Loon (69), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Helm (83)
• Beryl Agnes Lottie KNOWLES (80)
• Achiel Van Hoe (92), Deinze, 9800, Gent, Oost Vlaanderen
• Beatriz Paranhos Pederneiras (92), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1989 » Alejandro Arribas, Spanish footballer
• 1989 » Poļina Jeļizarova, Latvian runner
• 1990 » Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
• 1990 » Diego Contento, German footballer
• 1990 » Scooter Gennett, American baseball player
• 1990 » Uriel Álvarez, Mexican footballer
• 1991 » Daniel Talbot, British sprinter
• 1991 » Marcus Stroman, American baseball player
• 1992 » Bradley Roby, American football player
• 1992 » Trevor Philp, Canadian alpine skier

• 1988 » Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912)
• 1989 » V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)
• 1990 » Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)
• 1991 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1993 » Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1925)
• 1993 » Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1960)
• 1995 » Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (b. 1892)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Patrick
5. Kevin
6. Michael
7. Dennis
8. Martijn
9. Mark
10. Tim
11. Cornelis
12. Rick
13. Niels
14. Robin
15. Robert
16. Tom

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anne
4. Maria
5. Joyce
6. Anna
7. Jessica
8. Michelle
9. Amy
10. Stephanie
11. Kim
12. Nicole
13. Melissa
14. Sarah
15. Esther
16. Johanna

• 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.
• April 29 » The 7.0 M_w  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
• June 25 » Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
• July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
• August 16 » Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
• August 17 » Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
• August 27 » Moldova declares independence from the USSR.

The temperature on May 1, 1991 was between 4.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.