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• Robin Obdam, Alkmaar († 1991)
• Steve Müller, Purmerend, 1440, Nederland († 2007)

• Arthur Lester Volker (89), Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Aart de Goede (81), Odoorn
• Albert Echten (88)
• Aart de Goede (81), Nieuw-Weerdinge, Netherlands
• Clasina van Lienen (89), Amstelveen
• Arthur William Sommerfield (87), Tomah, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States
• Bastiaantje Teuna STURRUS (88), Rotterdam
• Aise Sietzes de Jong (84), Grootegast
• Bartha Hendrika Immeker (81), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Duke Hampton (88)

• 1988 » Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Dezmon Briscoe, American football player
• 1990 » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
• 1991 » António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
• 1991 » Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
• 1992 » Holly Earl, British actress
• 1992 » Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
• 1993 » Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
• 1993 » Pablo Marí, Spanish football player

• 1984 » Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)
• 1986 » Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931)
• 1997 » Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)
• 1997 » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)
• 2000 » Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)

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

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. Sarah
14. Esther
15. Melissa
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.
• January 19 » Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
• May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
• June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
• August 21 » Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
• August 25 » Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
• December 20 » A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

The temperature on August 31, 1991 was between 11.3 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.