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• Anna Maria Knaapen (85), Amsterdan
• Bonnie Jean Castle (65)
• Clary Ethel Marianne Olofsson (66), Ekgatan 1, Uddebo, Tranemo (P)
• Anna Willemina van den Oever (95), Wadenoijen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernice May Havlichek (71), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
• Anne Christine Booth (49), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
• Arthur Joseph Leon Serpieters (63), Roeselare (B), België
• Catharina Broers (91), Texel
• Amelia Clare TYSON (89), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Bert Koenes (86), Manatee, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1985 » Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
• 1985 » Rooney Mara, American actress
• 1986 » Romain Grosjean, French race car driver
• 1988 » Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1989 » Avi Kaplan, singer and songwriter
• 1989 » Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper
• 1990 » Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
• 1992 » Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1994 » Alanna Goldie, Canadian fencer
• 1996 » Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress

• 1987 » Cecil Harmsworth King, English publisher (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor and educator (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (b. 1936)
• 1993 » Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)
• 1994 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Frank E. Resnik, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1928)
• 1996 » Piet Hein, Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1997 » Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
• 1998 » Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941)

1. Thomas
2. Kevin
3. Jeroen
4. Tim
5. Michael
6. Jacob
7. Dennis
8. Mark
9. Martijn
10. Ruben
11. Hendrik
12. Robin
13. Bart
14. Nick
15. David
16. Lars

1. Lisa
2. Laura
3. Iris
4. Charlotte
5. Maria
6. Jessica
7. Melissa
8. Danielle
9. Michelle
10. Anne
11. Anna
12. Johanna
13. Esther
14. Manon
15. Sanne
16. Tessa

• 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 15.1 million citizens.
• January 26 » Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
• March 17 » Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
• May 17 » Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
• May 24 » The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.
• August 12 » Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• September 18 » An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers in Yellowknife, Canada.

The temperature on April 17, 1992 was between 0.9 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 16.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.