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• Jacob Jan (Jarco) Raveling († 1998)

• Alfred BAUER (75)
• Annie Mathilde Saartje Bajetto (81), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie de Vreugd (94), Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anny Mathilde Saartje Bajetto (81), Apeldoorn
• Antonius van Roermund (74)
• Anna Symkens (69), Overpelt
• Adrian John Verhage (81), Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, VS
• Douwe Kalfsbeek (85)
• Amerik Souverijn (74), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gründmann (80), Alkmaar

• 1987 » César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
• 1988 » Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner
• 1988 » Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Emily Meade, American actress
• 1989 » Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer
• 1990 » Cody Walker, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Ishiura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1990 » John Carlson, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Mirko Bortolotti, Italian racing driver
• 1991 » Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player

• 1992 » Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1997 » Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
• 2004 » Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2005 » Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
• 2005 » Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)

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. Jacob

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. Iris
16. Anna

• 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.
• May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
• July 6 » Hong Kong International Airport opens in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, replacing Kai Tak Airport as the city's international airport.
• July 17 » The 7.0 M_w  Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
• August 28 » Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
• October 16 » Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
• November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.

The temperature on January 10, 1998 was between 4.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.