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• Kimberly Baas, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amber Blokland († 1996)
• Johannes Martinus Franciscus Cardinaal, Leende, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jaspar Evenhuis († 1996)
• Jasper Evenhuis, Zutphen († 1996)

• Antoinette Hubertina Leonarda Close (55), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Parlevliet (81), Katwijk
• Arthur Tennis Roetcisoender (59), Kelso, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Span (93), Lekkum, gem. Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Geerts Flokstra (68), Heerlen
• Cândido Leães da Silveira (80), Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Claude Stanley BARTOW (77)
• Christiaan Willem Slijkhuis (75), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Geerts (Corrie) Flokstra (68), Heerlen
• Andries van Pelt (72), Rotterdam

• 1987 » Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1988 » Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist
• 1989 » Alex McCarthy, English footballer
• 1989 » Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
• 1989 » Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
• 1990 » Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
• 1991 » Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
• 1992 » Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1993 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
• 1998 » Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
• 1999 » Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
• 1999 » John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)
• 1999 » Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)
• 2000 » Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)

• 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 24 » Two civilian airplanes operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue are shot down in international waters by the Cuban Air Force.
• April 18 » In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Qana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.
• June 15 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
• July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
• August 29 » Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
• September 27 » The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory, who establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

The temperature on December 3, 1996 was between 2.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.