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• Anouk Engelina Maria Olde Olthof, Almelo († 1996)
• "Anne" Geneviève Marie Dupont de Ligonnès, Draguignan, Var, France († 2011)
• Anthony Joseph Watt, U.S. NAVY MEDICAL CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA, United States († 1994)
• Maudje Spapens, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)

• Antoinette van Lijf (95), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Asseurus Willem Aukes (66)
• Catharina Cornelia Burgers (89), Zevenbergen
• Adrianus Jacobus Groot (88), Boxmeer
• Antenor Zamboni (65), Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Johanna Theresia Bleekemolen (66)
• Albert B Cordes (91), Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa
• Aaltje Doevendans (89)
• Bertus Kraaijveld (85), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Emma Paulina Tellock (95)

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 1990 » Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 1996 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
• 1996 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
• 1997 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
• 1999 » Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Michael
6. Willem
7. Robin
8. Johannes
9. Niels
10. Daniel
11. Rick
12. Dennis
13. Max
14. David
15. Tim
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Lisa
4. Tessa
5. Michelle
6. Sanne
7. Melissa
8. Anna
9. Charlotte
10. Eva
11. Amanda
12. Esther
13. Elisabeth
14. Johanna
15. Iris
16. Eline

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
• January 25 » The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
• March 21 » The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
• May 2 » A bus crashes in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people.
• June 10 » China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
• August 31 » Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
• December 11 » A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.

The temperature on August 2, 1994 was between 12.6 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.