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

• Aloysius, Rachel DIGNEF (67), Turnhout, Antwerpen
• Albert Slot (72), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie KLEINGELD (87), Leidschendam,,PAYS BAS
• Alida VERMEER (86), Schiedam
• Anthony Drewe (71)
• Albert Dubbelhuis (80)
• Arie van Wijk (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alouisius Adrianus Antonius Josephus van Delft (87), Tilburg Netherlands
• Antonia van Lunteren (90)
• Agatha Geertruida Maria Vermin (96), Sassenheim

• 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.
• March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
• April 29 » The 7.0 M_w  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
• August 27 » Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
• August 31 » Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
• September 6 » The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
• November 12 » Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.

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.