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

• Albert Brouwer (63), Zuidlaren
• Banchao Chantakan
• Eelkje van der Woude (87), -
• André Lucien CHAPY (82), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94043, Val de Marne, Île-de-France, France
• Anna Maria BANGERT (90), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Andries Mol (85), Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Broichgans (91), Kerkrade, LI, Netherlands
• Annigje Vos (93)
• Antonius Martinus (Antoon) Bloemen (80), Deventer-ziekenhuis
• Albertina Elzinga (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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 1 » Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
• February 28 » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
• April 21 » The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis García Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.
• August 1 » The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
• October 4 » Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men and civilians.
• October 4 » Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.

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.