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• Femke Jellema († 1997)
• Lonneke Anna Westera, Nijmegen,GD, Nederland († 1996)
• Femke jellema († 1997)

• Ariën Jan Evers (68), Putten
• Berendina FREIE (93), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelis van Klaveren (61), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Maas (92), Eindhoven, Eindhoven, North Brabant, The Netherlands
• 10-JOHANNA-MARGARETHA(JO) VAN RIJN (82)
• Cornelia Alida Dignum (90), Bergen, NH, Nederland
• Cornelis Harteveld (82), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Schulte (50), Assen
• Antje Slager (76), Hallum
• Evelyn Marie Schilder (83), Everett, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
• 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
• 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater

• 1990 » Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (b. 1948)
• 1998 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
• 2002 » Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 » John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)

• 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 27 » Germany first observes the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
• March 4 » A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
• April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
• April 4 » Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
• September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
• 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.

The temperature on August 16, 1996 was between 10.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.