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• Alice Bos (96), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
• Aaltje Bos (96), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (USA)
• Bob Oosterloh (53), Gerkesklooster
• Berbertje Minsesd Meester (92), Huizum bij Leeuwarden, fr.nld
• Beatrice Christine "Bea" Woodard (93), Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
• Albertus van der Meij (74), Leiderdorp
• Bregtje Kits (89)
• van de Veerdonk (37), Maastricht
• Anna Elisabeth Claessen (72)
• Berbertje Minzes Meester (92), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• 1988 » Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
• 1990 » Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper
• 1990 » Marcus Jordan, American basketball player
• 1990 » Ryo Miyake, Japanese fencer
• 1991 » Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
• 1991 » Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer
• 1994 » Fa'amanu Brown, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Matt Frawley, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Miguel Castro, Dominican baseball player

• 1990 » Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945)
• 1992 » James Mathews, Australian rugby league player (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898)
• 1994 » John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (b. 1916)
• 1997 » James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1997 » Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)

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

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.
• January 20 » Bill Clinton is inaugurated the 42nd President of the United States of America.
• February 26 » World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a thousand people.
• 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.
• May 5 » Three eight-year-old boys are murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas, Ultimately leading to the conviction of the West Memphis Three.
• May 24 » Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
• June 12 » An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida.

The temperature on December 24, 1993 was between 2.0 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.