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• Eva Ebbers, Doetinchem

• Christine Pastoor (92)
• Eltje Colly (76), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andreleo Chay (19)
• Cornelia Augusta SANSTRA (78)
• (Ben) Bernard Vloedbeld (80), Hengelo
• Casimirus de CLERCQ (85), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Dymphna (Dina) Vermunt (73), Brasschaat
• Antoon Engelenburg (50)
• Abraham den Engelsman (71), Breda, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Doris M Daley (71), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Artūrs Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1988 » Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer
• 1988 » Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer
• 1989 » Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 » Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » David Worrall, English footballer
• 1990 » Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
• 1990 » Kevin López, Spanish runner
• 1991 » Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1992 » Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer

• 1990 » Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, English captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1914)
• 1994 » Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi and author (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Pierre Russell, American basketball player (b. 1949)
• 1997 » Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1998 » Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (b. 1924)
• 1998 » Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1999 » J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
• 2000 » Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, Brazilian criminal (b. 1978)

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. Hendrik
15. Max
16. Daan

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Emma
6. Kim
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Iris
10. Anne
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 1 » The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• May 11 » After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board.
• July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
• August 29 » Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
• November 7 » NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
• November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

The temperature on June 12, 1996 was between 9.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.