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• Adeleida Petronella Rongen (82), Oirlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoinetta Verploegen (92), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ten Pierik (89), Amsterdam
• Alfhild Jonsson (86), Vilhelmina (AC)
• C.J. Verduin (82)
• Catharina BOSMAN (84), Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert van der Stelt (72)
• Adriaan de Best (87), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Schot (83), Capelle ad IJssel
• Aaltje Schra (89), Kampen

• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
• 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
• 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater

• 1989 » Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (b. 1948)
• 1998 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)

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

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

• 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.
• October 9 » An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
• October 25 » A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
• October 26 » An avalanche hits the Icelandic village Flateyri, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, 20 of whom died.
• October 26 » Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shaqaqi in his hotel in Malta.
• October 27 » Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
• December 3 » Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.

The temperature on August 16, 1995 was between 11.8 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.