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• Aloysius Maria Boden (83), Malle, Antwerpen, België
• Diena Kroes (86), Bilthoven
• Amy Eileen TUCKER (90), Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje Profijt (61)
• Bernice Lowther (80), Brea, Orange County, California
• Anna Therezia Wilms (86), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anna Wilhelmina de Vos (88)
• Catharina Cremer (77), Lelystad
• Agnes Mae Longnecker (88), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
• Amandus Thieleman (91), Sint-Niklaas

• 1987 » Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1991 » Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Evgeny Kuznetsov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Felise Kaufusi, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1992 » Marshmello, American electronic music producer and DJ
• 1992 » Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Ola John, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
• 1995 » Taane Milne, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1989 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
• 1994 » Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
• 1996 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 » Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
• 2001 » Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2001 » Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
• 2002 » John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)

• 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 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
• March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
• March 25 » The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
• April 1 » The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.
• November 19 » Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.
• December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

The temperature on May 19, 1996 was between 8.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.