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• Celina Maria Gabriella Court (84), Tongeren, België
• Aline Marie de Dobbelaere (72), IJzendijke
• Albert Joseph Harding (74), Methuen, Massachusetts, United States
• Charles Specht (78)
• Berendina Bartels (87)
• Annette Diederike Groen (76), Weener, Ostfriesland, Niedersachsen
• Aaltje Adriana de Rooij (77), Vlaardingen
• Anneke Geerts (79), Luyksgestel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina SWINNEN (89), Turnhout B
• Alice May Thorpe (80), Michigan, United States

• 1987 » Blake Lively, American model and actress
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• 2001 » Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)

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

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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

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• The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
• January 27 » In a military coup, Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
• May 20 » Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
• June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
• July 17 » TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
• 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.
• November 19 » Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.

The temperature on August 25, 1996 was between 11.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.