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• Arnoldus (Arend) van de Sande (76)
• Adriana Maria Heesters (75), Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aapko Geert Sportel (53), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Theodorus Wassink (71), Doetinchem
• Catharina Agatha Groot (87), Schoorl
• Barbara Maria Spitters (75), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Jozua Metzke (74), Rhoon
• Christina van Heerde (63), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Louwe (76), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrica Maan (85), Alphen aan de Rijn, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1990 » Anastasija Sevastova, a professional tennis player from Latvia
• 1991 » Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Josh Gordon, American football player
• 1991 » Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Denis Kudryavtsev, Russian hurdler
• 1992 » Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Tony Wroten, American basketball player
• 1994 » Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
• 1994 » Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1997 » Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer

• 1992 » Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1923)
• 1993 » Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)
• 1997 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
• 1999 » Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)

• 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 6 » Willamette Valley Flood: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, causes over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest.
• April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
• July 27 » In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
• September 5 » Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
• December 29 » Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

The temperature on April 13, 1996 was between -1.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.