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• Kyle Alan Nance († 1993)
• Jacob Arend van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 1993)
• Abe Dijkman, Amsterdam
• Jacob Arend van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Erik Jilis Kolkhuis Tanke, Den Bosch, 5231, Nederland († 1993)
• Thomas Martinus Wilhelmus Riphagen († 1993)

• Adriana Maria (Adrienne) CASTELEYN (86), Brugge
• Antonie Roodbol (74), Weert
• Albertina Elzinga (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eelkje van der Woude (87), -
• Barbara Broichgans (91), Kerkrade, LI, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Van Roosbroeck (96), Herentals, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Annie Gerharda Frederika Hamer (91), Kaapstad
• Elisabeth Johanna Carl (85), Langbroek
• Cornelis Marinus de Gouw (73), Adelaide SA (AUS)
• Agatha Johanna (Agaath) Schram (72), Castricum

• 1990 » Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Jesinta Campbell, Australian model
• 1991 » Sam Hoare, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
• 1992 » Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 » Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player
• 1992 » Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss pianist and actor
• 1993 » Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 1993 » Luna, South Korean singer, actress and presenter

• 1986 » Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
• 1989 » William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903)
• 1992 » John Cage, American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
• 1996 » Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)

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. Melissa
7. Anna
8. Anne
9. Sanne
10. Sophie
11. Eline
12. Jessica
13. Sarah
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.
• March 11 » Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
• April 11 » Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
• June 25 » Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
• July 26 » Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people onboard are killed.
• September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
• November 4 » China Airlines Flight 605, a brand-new 747-400, overruns the runway at Kai Tak Airport.

The temperature on August 12, 1993 was between 12.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.