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• Martijn Van Dijk, Zwolle († 1997)
• Jelle Van Dijk, Zwolle († 1993)

• Aart van Kempen (70)
• Adrianus Matthijs van Sambeek (80), Rheden
• Antonius Hessels Nijholt (60), Hengelo. Overijsel, Nederland
• Antonius Arnoldus van Dam (85), Zwolle
• Cornelis de Ridder (46), Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Anna Ruhs (76), Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Adriana Haze (67)
• Dirkje Heger (72)
• Danny Pollaris (28), Sint-Truiden, België
• Antonius Hessels Nijholt (60), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1989 » Jessica Nigri, American model and actress
• 1989 » Mathieu Manset, French footballer
• 1989 » Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
• 1991 » Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1991 » Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 » Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
• 1995 » Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1996 » Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1997 » Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Olivia Holt, American actress and singer

• 1987 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)
• 1998 » Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910)

• 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 13 » The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
• July 25 » Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
• August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
• August 10 » Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 M_w  shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 M_w  event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
• August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
• December 2 » Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.

The temperature on August 5, 1993 was between 13.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.