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• Chance Matthew Achterhof Kolthoff, Glendale, AZ
• Sam Smeekens, Baarle-Nassau († 1998)
• Marcia Michella Oldenburger, Emmen

• Adriana Cornelia Louisa Mol (91), Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Baukje Philippina Lyckles Boersma (91)
• Anthonie Leautaud (40), Monster
• Alida Catharina Van Beijeren Bergen en Henegouwen (86), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Johannes Duits (87), Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Hanko (93), Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA)
• Andreas Theodorus van Klink (67), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Rizzo (86), Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, Verenigde Staten
• Abel Nauta (83), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Cornelia Hanko (93), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

• 1992 » Joe Keery, American actor
• 1992 » Laura Kenny, English cyclist
• 1993 » Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
• 1994 » Caspar Lee, British-South African Youtuber
• 1994 » Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
• 1996 » Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• 1997 » Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• 1998 » Ryan Newman, American actress
• 1999 » Jerry Jeudy, American football player

• 1993 » Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941)
• 1997 » Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (b. 1927)
• 2001 » Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Josef Peters, German race car driver (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
• 2004 » José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)

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. Max
15. Hendrik
16. Daan

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. Maria
16. Naomi

• 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 8 » An Antonov An-32 cargo aircraft crashes into a crowded market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing up to 223 on the ground; two of six crew members are also killed.
• January 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
• May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
• June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
• November 5 » Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
• November 18 » A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600ft) of tunnel.

The temperature on April 24, 1996 was between 6.0 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.