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• laura van rijswijck, venlo
• Rogier Rae Daïr Boeldak, Curaçao

• Pijnacker (89)
• Albertje Bosma (85), Stadskanaal, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Ankje (Riekeles) van der Veen (83)
• Albertje Bosma (85), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Marina van Luyk (93), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Kool (62)
• Annie Brigmon Guy (88)
• Arendje van den Ende (92), Maasdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Amys (82), Knokke (B), België
• Arnoldus Johannes de Croon (70), Nijmegen

• 1989 » Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer
• 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
• 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
• 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
• 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
• 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1988 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1990 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
• 1995 » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
• 1998 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)

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

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

• 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.
• February 12 » Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
• June 13 » A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15billion in damages.
• September 30 » Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service.
• October 29 » Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton.
• December 3 » Taiwan held the first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only direct elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first direct elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directed Mayor of Kaohsiung.
• December 31 » This date is skipped altogether in Kiribati as the Phoenix Islands and Line Islands change time zones from UTC−11:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+14:00, respectively.

The temperature on August 17, 1994 was between 10.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.