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• Arnoldus Andreas Eusebius (Arnold) de Vries (69)
• Albert Bakkum (65)
• Anna Maria Royackers (73)
• Clementine Welman (75), Den Bosch
• Bertie S. Paxton (82)
• Agatha Antje Littooij (80), Haarlem
• Aldert Nicolaas Hendericus Ploeger (75), Amsterdam, NHO, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Maria van Eijk (86)
• Cornelia Johanna Brand (89), Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Adriana Elisabeth Maria Verhagen (88), 's Hertogenbosch

• 1986 » Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
• 1989 » Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player
• 1992 » Bryce Harper, American baseball player
• 1992 » Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
• 1992 » Stuart Lightbody, Irish badminton player
• 1993 » Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
• 1994 » Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Charles Leclerc, Monégasque Formula One driver
• 1997 » Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese tennis player

• 1989 » Scott O'Dell, American journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1989 » Walter Farley, American author and educator (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914)
• 1992 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1996 » Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)
• 1996 » Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1997 » Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1997 » James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)

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.
• March 21 » The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
• June 30 » During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
• July 8 » Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
• November 7 » WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
• November 20 » The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign the Lusaka Protocol in Zambia, ending 19 years of civil war. (Localized fighting resumes the next year.)
• December 26 » Four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seize control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane lands at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boards the aircraft and kills the hijackers.

The temperature on October 16, 1994 was between 8.0 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.