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• Wesley Elroy (Wesley) Fokkens, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cilia Jenny Seekles, Wolvega, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Lucas Schenkhuizen, Ede

• Catharina Maria Carels (78), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Europa Ileene Emory (80), Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• David Robert Eberhard (43), Eudunda, South Australia, Australië
• Elsje Boertien (84), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaantje Hoekstra (74), Het BiIdt
• Drewes Mellema (80), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Grobben (84), Almelo
• Gerdina Eefting (74)
• Adriana Henrica van Oort (87), Tilburg
• Cornelis Johannes Blokland (66), Hardinxveld-Giessendam

• 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
• 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
• 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
• 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
• 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2000 » Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter

• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1990 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
• 1995 » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
• 1998 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
• 2000 » Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)

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. Max
15. Hendrik
16. Cornelis

1. Laura
2. Lisa
3. Anna
4. Jessica
5. Kim
6. Emma
7. Lotte
8. Charlotte
9. Iris
10. Anne
11. Sarah
12. Amber
13. Julia
14. Sanne
15. Maria
16. Naomi

• 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 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
• February 29 » Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
• April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
• September 4 » War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
• October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
• 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 17, 1996 was between 8.6 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.