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• Nino Turkesteen, Wageningen
• Jayson Ortega, Mahaplag, Leyte, Philippines († 2013)

• Anna Garnier (83), Maastricht
• Agathe Helene DEME (83), Cesson-Sevigne,35510, Frankrijk
• Albert Feikes Groen (84), Platte, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Baukje WAGENAAR (88), Hollum (Ameland) Friesland Netherlands
• CLARA Dorothea Bertha SCHÜTTE (86), Greytown, South Africa
• Augustina Johanna van den Bos (94), Velsen
• Berdina Theodora Maria Selman (98), driel, g
• Antonius Wilhelmus Janssen (81)
• Aaltje Bruggeman (84)
• Adriana Mureau (72), Assen

• 1982 » Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 » Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1984 » Corey Graves, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1985 » Nakash Aziz, Indian playback singer and music composer
• 1987 » Kim Kyu-jong, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1988 » Mathieu Baudry, French footballer
• 1989 » Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 » Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1991 » Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
• 1996 » Royce Freeman, American football player

• 1991 » George Gobel, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1991 » John Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 1993 » Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
• 1999 » Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (b. 1936)

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

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Emma
6. Kim
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.
• January 29 » President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
• 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.
• May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
• July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
• July 18 » Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
• October 7 » Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.

The temperature on February 24, 1996 was between -0.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.