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• Piet Everaert, Aalst
• Wesley Eng Ho Joshua Tan, Eindhoven († 2015)

• Catharina Adolphina Zwisselberger (85), Ekeren, Antwerpen
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Helmich (86), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camille Jaques Joseph (Miel) Neuraij (71), Venlo, Lim, Nederland
• Christa Dejonghe (37), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Dorisjane Carroll Carroll (71), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Helmich- (86), Leiderdorp, Nederland
• Barbara Faye Hembree (67), Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Bobby F. Deen (60), Memphis, Shelby, TN
• Aafke Dijkstra (74), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• David Solof (75), Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, Florida

• 1989 » Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Lancelot Bravado, American wrestler
• 1991 » Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player
• 1991 » Kyle Smith, English motorcycle racer
• 1992 » Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1992 » Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1992 » Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1993 » Sam Byram, English footballer
• 1994 » Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player

• 1991 » Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1993 » František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)
• 1996 » McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
• 2003 » Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (b. 1954)

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.
• February 17 » In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
• April 24 » In the United States, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 is passed into law.
• May 21 » The ferry MVBukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000.
• July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
• July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
• November 12 » A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.

The temperature on September 16, 1996 was between 4.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.