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• Robbert Hugo Stolker († 2009)
• Amy Helsa de Vrij († 1993)
• Allison Bakelaar, Belleville, Ontario, Canada († 1993)
• Karin Jager, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Robbert Stolker († 2009)
• Bart Hilz, Zwolle

• Dorothea Rusman (72)
• Arina Elisabeth Boers (58), 's-Gravenzande
• annigje cornelia SCHIPPERS (67), brielle(ZH)
• Allison Bakelaar (0), Belleville, Ontario, Canada
• Aaltje van de Kieft (87), Barneveld
• Albert Mulder (75), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elize Geertruida van Dijk (88), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bella Lodevine Straiton Lemieux (86), Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Sman (81), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arjan van Baalen (30)

• 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. Jeroen
2. Thomas
3. Michael
4. Tim
5. Jan
6. Kevin
7. Bart
8. Robin
9. Dennis
10. Sander
11. Johannes
12. Mark
13. Jacob
14. Rick
15. Ruben
16. Hendrik

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Anne
7. Anna
8. Melissa
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Sarah
13. Jessica
14. Michelle
15. Kelly
16. Amanda

• 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 15.2 million citizens.
• January 7 » Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
• January 7 » The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
• January 25 » Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
• March 27 » Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
• November 18 » In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
• November 20 » Savings and loan crisis: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.

The temperature on April 17, 1993 was between 9.4 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.