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• Ryder Valentine Sotomayor

• CORNELIA JANSEN (85), BENNEKOM
• Cornelia Schaap (85), Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Albertus Petrus Johannes van den Berg (87), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Jacobus IJzelenberg (80), Bruinisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adam Verweij (75)
• Anna Wilhelmina Koster (80)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Alberta Faber (67), Offingawier, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Dirkje Masmeijer (90), Hilversum
• Eauginus Verstappen (71), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Cornelia van Dam (86), Kalamazoo Township (Kalamazoo County) (Michigan)

• 1988 » Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
• 1989 » Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete († 2013)
• 1989 » Sebastian Huke, German footballer
• 1990 » Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
• 1991 » Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
• 1994 » Joseph Barbato, French footballer
• 1994 » Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer

• 1989 » John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
• 1991 » J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1994 » Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
• 1996 » Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 2003 » Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)

1. Pieter
2. Thomas
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Robin
8. Michael
9. Jeroen
10. Johannes
11. Rick
12. Jasper
13. Mike
14. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Bart

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Emma
6. Kim
7. Lotte
8. Iris
9. Charlotte
10. Anne
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Naomi
16. Maria

• 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 15.5 million citizens.
• January 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• January 29 » President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
• September 27 » The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory, who establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
• October 2 » The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• November 5 » Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
• November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

The temperature on August 11, 1996 was between 14.8 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.