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• Cornelia van Meerten (86), Kortenhoef
• Dick van de Kolk (71), Amsterdam
• Cor van Abeelen (75), Haaren
• Corabelle E "Tody" Smith (86), Fort Thomas, Campbell, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Buna Lucile Anderson (87), Jacksonville, Cherokee Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Astrid Erna Jørgensen (75), Oslo, Oslo, Oslo, Norway
• Carolus Hendrikus (Johanna Juliana Van Os (geb. Olthof)) van Os (87), Hengelo
• Aaltje, Cornelia, Cornelisd Heere (83), Heerhugowaard
• Della Elma Chaffee (90), Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Maria Elshof (76), Warnsveld

• 1989 » Alyssa Brown, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1989 » Cam Newton, American football player
• 1989 » Giovani dos Santos, Mexican international footballer
• 1992 » Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer
• 1992 » Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
• 1993 » Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
• 1994 » Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
• 1995 » Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
• 1999 » Kaitlyn Dias, American actress and voice artist
• 1999 » Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress

• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
• 2003 » Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)

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. Anna
8. Melissa
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.
• June 12 » Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered outside Simpson's home in Los Angeles. Her estranged husband, O.J. Simpson is later charged with the murders, but is acquitted by a jury.
• June 14 » The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated C$1.1million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries.
• August 12 » Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
• November 9 » The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
• 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 May 11, 1994 was between 6.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.