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• Godelieve Elisabeth Mees, Bilthoven († 2016)

• Christiaan Hendrik Lems (79), Vlissingen
• Aaltje Profijt (61), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Adelaide Johanna Vatne (87), Meløy, Nordland, Norway
• Dirkje VAN DE POL (87), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Benjamin Jacob d'Hondt (59), Den Helder
• Bernardus Hendricus Tommel (85), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Auguste Katharina Slany (87), Leersum, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonius Johanna Verheijen (61), Alphen en Riel
• Catharina van Hak (84), Best (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Albrecht Daniëlsz Kromhout (54), Rijnsburg

• 1985 » Jake Long, American football player
• 1987 » Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
• 1987 » Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1988 » J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 » Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 » Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
• 1992 » Dan Burn, English footballer
• 1996 » Grace Reid, Scottish diver
• 1996 » Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer

• 1993 » Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
• 2004 » Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)

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.
• January 31 » An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
• April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
• May 6 » The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
• July 25 » In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
• September 27 » The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory, who establish the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
• October 7 » Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.

The temperature on May 9, 1996 was between 5.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.