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• Arjen Jacobus Bakker, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Frouke F.L. Engelen, Geldrop († 1999)

• Arie VOOGT (87), Spijkenisse
• Aaltje Stolk (82), Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Martha Borgstede (88), Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie 't Hart (71), Goedereede, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Arina Hilhorst (72), Hilversum
• Clara M. Herding (75), Wahpeton, ND
• Annie Borgstede (88), Amstelveen, Nederland
• Burlie Luvern Baker (75), Alaska
• Antonie Doornbos (57), Grootebroek
• Dirk christiaan Luca van Dijk (81)

• 1989 » Giacomo Bonaventura, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Drew Hutchison, American baseball player
• 1990 » Randall Cobb, American football player
• 1990 » Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Brayden Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 » Federico Macheda, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Ema Burgić Bucko, Bosnian tennis player
• 1994 » Olli Määttä, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1995 » Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
• 1996 » Jessica-Jane Applegate, British Paralympic swimmer

• 1989 » Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
• 1989 » Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
• 1991 » Boris Pugo, Russian soldier and politician, Soviet Minister of Interior (b. 1937)
• 1991 » Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Allan Houser, American sculptor and painter (b. 1914)
• 1994 » Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1995 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1996 » Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (b. 1904)
• 2000 » Abulfaz Elchibey, 2nd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1938)
• 2003 » Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)

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 8 » An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
• April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
• August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
• November 21 » Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.
• December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

The temperature on August 22, 1996 was between 10.5 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.