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• Arie Daniel (Daniel) Vogelaar, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 2018)
• Dirk Henricus Franciscus Adrianus de Bie, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antje Mars (79)
• Billy Ray Irions (58), Allen Co., OH
• Alida Dina van Duivenvoorde (81), Katwijk
• Antonius Caspar van der Lee (64), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina L.M.M. Roovers (38), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Byrne Wadkins Stewart Jr (73)
• Anne Durks van der Meer (95)
• Abraham Pieter Dees (74), Katwijk
• Antje MARS (79)
• Andries Jacobus Ouwerkerk (73), Leiden

• 1973 » Vasso Karantasiou, Greek beach volleyball player
• 1976 » Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1981 » Asante Samuel, American football player
• 1982 » Eddie Redmayne, English actor and model
• 1984 » Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
• 1986 » Paul McShane, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Petter Northug, Norwegian skier
• 1989 » Andy Carroll, English footballer
• 1991 » Will Barton, American basketball player
• 1994 » Lim Jae-beom, South Korean singer and actor (Got7)

• 1993 » Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 1999 » Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962)
• 2000 » Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
• 2005 » Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
• 2005 » Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1929)
• 2005 » Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1933)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Robin
6. Tim
7. Jan
8. Max
9. Bas
10. Bram
11. Kevin
12. Dennis
13. Rick
14. Johannes
15. Lars
16. Pieter

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Femke
7. Anne
8. Charlotte
9. Anouk
10. Lotte
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Demi
14. Lisa
15. Anna
16. Iris

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.7 million citizens.
• January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
• March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• March 19 » An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.
• March 24 » A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
• May 26 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
• December 29 » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.

The temperature on January 6, 1998 was between 5.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.