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• Carol Anna van de Merwe, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
• Simone de Graaf, Atrium Zkh., Heerlen

• Beatrice M Vondrasek (97), Darien, Du Page, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van Beekum (81), Hilversum
• Catharina Drumont (88), Terneuzen,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Anthonia Elisabeth Van Geelkerken (75), Nieuwegein,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Nicolaas Petrus Cornelis de Brabander (61), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Anthonia Elisabeth van Geelkerken (75), Nieuwegein
• Adam Hendrik Nieman (83), Amsterdam (NH, NLD)
• Antoinette DESROCHERS (78), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Antoon Christiaan Willem van Halteren (78), 's-Heerenberg, Nederland
• Catrine Remgina Andreessen (97), Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1991 » Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
• 1992 » Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
• 1992 » Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
• 1993 » Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
• 1993 » Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Nick Powell, English footballer
• 1995 » Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
• 1995 » Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
• 1996 » Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver

• 1991 » Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1913)
• 1992 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1949)
• 1994 » Giulietta Masina, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 1994 » Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (b. 1950)
• 1995 » Davie Cooper, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1956)
• 1999 » Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan judge and politician, Vice President of Paraguay (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian director and cinematographer (b. 1898)
• 2001 » Rowland Evans, American journalist (b. 1921)

• 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 17 » The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
• February 16 » A Chicago-bound Amtrak train, the Capitol Limited, collides with a MARC commuter train bound for Washington, D.C., killing 11 people.
• April 4 » Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
• June 10 » Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
• June 25 » The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen.
• July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

The temperature on March 23, 1996 was between 6.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.