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• Wouter Overvoorde, Dordrecht († 1993)
• Dakota James Myers, Iowa City-Iowa (USA) († 2003)

• Arena Ricka ADEN (91)
• Antonius Johannes Gosewinus van den Hoek (61), Tilburg
• Christina Maria Wagenaar (68), Veessen,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus de Zwart (83), Breda
• Adriaanus Roosendaal (61), Hilversum, Nederland
• Arie Lemmerman (73)
• Alberdina Blokland (70), Rotterdam
• Antonius Remmers- (77), Tilburg, Nederland
• Vermunt (92), Etten-Leur,Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus van Houtum (55), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1989 » Dinesh Patel, Indian baseball player
• 1989 » Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player
• 1989 » Liam Bridcutt, English footballer
• 1990 » Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 1991 » Anamaria Tămârjan, Romanian gymnast
• 1991 » Ethan Gage, Canadian soccer player
• 1991 » Valentijn Lietmeijer, Dutch basketball player
• 1992 » Kevin Hayes, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
• 1996 » 6ix9ine, American rapper

• 1990 » Luigi Nono, Italian composer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1993 » Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1994 » George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 1995 » Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)
• 1996 » Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1996 » Larry Levis, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1946)
• 1996 » Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)

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

1. Iris
2. Lisa
3. Laura
4. Maria
5. Tessa
6. Anna
7. Anne
8. Melissa
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 3 » In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
• March 24 » Discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
• May 24 » Eritrea gains its independence from Ethiopia.
• May 29 » The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
• September 30 » The 6.2 M_w  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
• October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.

The temperature on May 8, 1993 was between 9.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.