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• Camillus Etienne Moyens (73), Sint-Truiden, België
• Anna Harting (94), Wieringerwerf
• Audrey Sue Frauen (42)
• Agatha Maria HEIJSTER (87), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonita Fay Barnum (70)
• Ane Feenstra (63), Weidum, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Vlooswijk (83), Oudewater, Groene Hart, Utrecht, Nederland
• Euverman (97), Bergentheim
• Catharina Antonia (Ineke) VRIENS (65)
• Anton LUIJTINK (89), Haren

• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete
• 1990 » Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 » Noelle Stevenson, American cartoonist
• 1992 » Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
• 1992 » Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
• 1993 » Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
• 1995 » Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

• 1993 » Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1993 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, Indian Muslim scholar and author (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)

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

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Kim
6. Emma
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Iris
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 » NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.
• March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
• July 27 » In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• 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.
• December 10 » The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.

The temperature on December 31, 1996 was between -12.0 °C and -5.7 °C and averaged -9.7 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.