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• Charlotte Van Dessel, Duffel
• Anne Vere van der Heiden, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hidde Breeuwsma, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brian Smits († 1996)
• Marcus Anthony McLemore
• Charlotte van Kampen, Jette, Belgie

• Anne Johanne Håpnes (78), Oslo, Norway
• Antonius Van Hoof (73), Tilburg
• Anna Helena Heijnen (84), Coevorden
• Arendje den Braber (84), Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
• Bennie Kok (66)
• André Joseph van Waterschoot (81), Kloosterzande,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernhard Pannekoek (85), Wapenveld, Nederland
• Agatha JvdWdr Bakker (81), 't Veld, Oude Niedorp
• Antje Visser (84), Groningen, Ebbingepoort
• Adrian Frank Wickiser (77), Cuyahoga Falls, Summit, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1986 » Hajime Isayama, Japanese illustrator
• 1986 » Lea Michele, American actress and singer
• 1987 » Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• 1990 » Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
• 1990 » Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
• 1991 » Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
• 1993 » Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter

• 1990 » Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924)
• 1992 » Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
• 1995 » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2000 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
• 2001 » Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2001 » Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Lance Macklin, English race car driver (b. 1919)

• 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 25 » Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.
• February 1 » The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
• February 8 » The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
• July 3 » British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
• July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
• December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.

The temperature on August 29, 1996 was between 13.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.