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• Arvilla Belle Selig (98), Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
• Aafje Gijsberta (= Aaf ) Schoonderbeek (74), Hilversum
• Antonius Johannes Janssen (84), Ewijk
• Arend van de Van De Beek (87), Heerde
• Barend Harmsen (85)
• Albertus Nieuwenhuis (71), Aalsmeer
• Albertus Nieuwenhuis (71), Aalsmeerderbrug
• Anna Maria PRAETS (83), Itegem
• Antonia Vermee- (77), Tilburg, Nederland
• Abraham WENDEL de JOODE, van (79), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1986 » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 1987 » Juan Joseph, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1988 » Danielle Savre, American actress
• 1988 » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 » Evan Ross, American actor
• 1988 » Lars Stindl, German football player
• 1988 » Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » James Harden, American basketball player
• 1990 » Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
• 1991 » Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier

• 1990 » Tang Chang, Thai artist (b. 1934)
• 1991 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 1993 » Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (b. 1923)
• 1995 » John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (b. 1934)
• 1998 » Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2000 » Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (b. 1939)
• 2000 » Bunny Austin, English tennis player (b. 1906)
• 2001 » Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904)
• 2001 » Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician, 8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1940)

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.
• January 17 » The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
• April 1 » The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.
• April 28 » Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 others.
• July 3 » British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
• November 5 » Bill Clinton is reelected President of the United States.
• November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.

The temperature on August 26, 1996 was between 9.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.