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• Tamieka Megan HAMILTON († 1995)

• Barbara Wilhelmina Antonia van Meer (87), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Vertelman (81), Hoorn
• Albertus Deruytter (74), Roeselare West-Vlaanderen België
• * Jacobus Baas (85), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Speksnijders (84), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland
• Abraham de Mooij (53)
• Abel Brondijk (88)
• Anna Catharina Wilhelmina Klaassen (75)
• Aartje Verhoeks (87), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• B.K.H. Meijer (92)

• 1986 » Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
• 1989 » Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
• 1993 » AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
• 1993 » Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
• 1993 » Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
• 1993 » Jordan Obita, English footballer
• 1994 » Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
• 1994 » Raheem Sterling, English footballer

• 1991 » Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)
• 1992 » William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
• 1994 » Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
• 1996 » Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)
• 1997 » Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Betty Holberton, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)

1. Thomas
2. Martijn
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tom
6. Dennis
7. Tim
8. Jeroen
9. Sander
10. Robin
11. Niels
12. Mark
13. Johannes
14. Bart
15. Patrick
16. Hendrik

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Anne
5. Michelle
6. Emma
7. Iris
8. Melissa
9. Lisanne
10. Sanne
11. Lotte
12. Nathalie
13. Amber
14. Nicole
15. Jessica
16. Charlotte

• 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 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 15.4 million citizens.
• February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
• May 23 » The first version of the Java programming language is released.
• June 24 » Rugby World Cup: South Africa defeats New Zealand and Nelson Mandela presents Francois Pienaar with the Webb Ellis Cup in an iconic post-apartheid moment.
• October 3 » The O. J. Simpson murder case ended with a verdict of not guilty.
• November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
• November 30 » U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favour of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls terrorists "yesterday's men".

The temperature on December 8, 1995 was between -5.9 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.