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• Demi Klein, Zkh. Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland

• Bauke (Bouke) Kemker (83), Workum
• Anton Petrus Witmer (71), Tilburg
• Anna Hendrina Slingerland (91), Amsterdam
• Auguste Friederike Wilhelmine Warning (93), Den Haag
• Catherine Edith Lewis Edwards [RC] (77)
• Adriaan Boers (80)
• Antonius Theodorus Heeman (75), Diemen
• Bertha Willemsdr van Wagtendonk (82), Amstelveen
• Cornelia Clasina Duivenvoorden (87)
• Barta Harmina IJzerman (82), Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1988 » Kealoha Pilares, American football player
• 1989 » Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player
• 1991 » Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer
• 1991 » Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter
• 1991 » Jocelyn Rae, English-Scottish tennis player
• 1992 » Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Elseid Hysaj, Albanian footballer

• 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Audrey Munson, American model (b. 1891)
• 1996 » Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (b. 1946)
• 1999 » Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
• 2000 » Anatoly Sobchak, Russian lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
• 2001 » Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Tim
6. Robin
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.
• January 26 » Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• February 16 » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
• March 27 » The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
• June 3 » After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.
• June 4 » Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
• September 2 » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.

The temperature on February 20, 1998 was between 8.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.