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• robin van de pasch, helden-beringe

• Christina Anna Geertruida Dimmers (70), Gennep
• Antonius Johannes Deterink (71), Reutum (Tubbergen)
• Aaltje Jurjens (75), Den Burg, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Wapenaar (83)
• Adrianus Naaktgeboren (70), Noordoostpolder (Flevoland)
• Arie van der Pols (75), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Maria HEEMAN (66)
• Ana Cecilia Silveira Lambert (32), Brasil
• Arlea Annette Williams (58), Boise, Ada, Idaho, VS
• Catharina Wilhelmina van Bemmel (86), Vianen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1989 » Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 1991 » Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
• 1992 » Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
• 1993 » Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 1993 » Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
• 1994 » Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
• 1994 » Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
• 1995 » Chief Keef, American rapper
• 1999 » Paola Reis, BMX rider

• 1989 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
• 1992 » Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 » Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
• 1995 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
• 1997 » Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2001 » Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
• 2001 » Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)

• 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.
• May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
• June 13 » The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
• July 25 » In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
• 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 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
• November 21 » Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico explodes.

The temperature on August 15, 1996 was between 14.3 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.