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• Brendan Sterk, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Jessica Nicole De Groot, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Anna Smet (87), Sint-Gillis-Waas
• Adolpho Cláudio Hermanny da Graça Couto (66), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anna Maria de Koning (95), Haarlem
• Barbara Burggraaf (91), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Alberdina Siementje Cornelia Doornbos (79)
• Betsie van Zeeland (50), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• A.J. Leijdekkers
• Cornelia Maatje de Smit (78), Serooskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Oers (75), Eindhoven
• Berendina Maria IJsseldijk (78)

• 1992 » Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball player
• 1993 » Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1993 » Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer
• 1994 » Cauley Woodrow, English footballer
• 1994 » Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
• 1994 » Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1995 » Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• 1995 » Joe Stimson, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist
• 1998 » Juice Wrld, American rapper († 2019)

• 1990 » Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Robert Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)
• 1995 » Mária Telkes, Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)
• 1995 » Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1997 » Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1997 » Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)

• 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 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
• February 17 » The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
• May 20 » Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
• August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• September 24 » Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
• September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.

The temperature on December 2, 1996 was between 6.1 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.