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• Dephine Valcke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1996)

• Calvin Lucas Kruse (86), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Cornelia Booman (89), Oud-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alvin Marcarious Kerzmann (84), Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Catherine Barbara Brand (47), Belmar, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonsus Jacbus (Arie) Buijck (81), Driebergen
• Albertus Johannes Schol (82), Bennekom
• Cornelis Bos (79), Den Helder
• Abraham Jan Verstrate (76), Anna Jacoba Polder, Zeeland, NL
• cornelia BOOMAN (89), oud-beijerland
• Beartrice Younger (76), West Sacramento, California

• 1988 » Ryan Anderson, American basketball player
• 1989 » Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player
• 1989 » Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer
• 1990 » José Altuve, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1992 » Brendan Gallagher, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 » Byun Baekhyun, South Korean musician and actor
• 1992 » Jonas Valančiūnas, Lithuanian professional basketball player
• 1993 » Gustavo Gómez, Paraguayan footballer
• 1994 » Mateo Kovačić, Austrian-Croatian footballer
• 1997 » Duncan Scott, Scottish swimmer

• 1990 » Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
• 1993 » Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909)
• 1995 » Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1956)
• 2000 » Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (b. 1940)
• 2002 » Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1906)
• 2002 » Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1932)
• 2002 » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician (b. 1948)

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

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Kim
6. Emma
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Anne
10. Iris
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.
• February 17 » The 8.2 M_w  Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
• 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.
• September 24 » Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
• November 5 » Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
• 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.
• November 19 » Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.

The temperature on May 6, 1996 was between -2.3 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.