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• Nina De Groot († 1993)
• Carmen Hobers, Rastdorf (Duitsland)
• Lisa Reuvekamp, Herwen en Aerdt († 1993)
• Robbert Hjalmar Heessels, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Dariusz Ropiński (26), Warszawa (PL)
• Christiaan Iwema Iwema (69), Beilen
• Anna Harmens Bakker (84), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Leonardus Wouters (80), Zandvliet, Provincie Antwerpen
• Antonia Mulder (90), Harderwijk
• Bartholomeus (Bart) van Wezel (76), ,, Oude-Tonge, Nederland
• Agnes Maria van Wonderen (83), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Schaaf (92), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Dina Spaans (94)
• Anna Habbijna Oosting (82), Den Haag

• 1988 » Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
• 1988 » Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
• 1991 » Virgil van Dijk, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1992 » Son Heung-min, Korean footballer
• 1992 » Xander Mobus, American voice actor
• 1997 » Bryce Love, American football player
• 1997 » Lauran Hibberd, English singer-songwriter

• 1987 » Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1994 » Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Dick Sargent, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1994 » Kim Il-sung, North Korean commander and politician, President of North Korea (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905)

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. 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. 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.
• February 8 » General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.
• April 22 » Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall, Eltham.
• July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
• October 7 » The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
• November 9 » Stari Most, the "old bridge" in the Bosnian city of Mostar, built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War.
• 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 July 8, 1993 was between 8.6 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.