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• Gertruida Post († 2010)
• Klaas Dikken († 1998)
• Sophie Eliza Broekema, Woudenberg

• Aaltje Uneken (91), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Clasina van der Boon (61), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes verkade (78), Hengelo
• Albert van de Van De Beek (72), Gem.Heerde Gelderland
• Apolonia Hendrica Neuteboom (82), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes (Ad) Verkade (78), Hengelo
• Cesar Gonzalo Sotomayor (86), Equador South America
• Dorothy Mary Weaver (92), Tracy, San Joaquin, California, United States
• Cornelis Weerstand (56), Den Helder
• Cornelis Jacobs Weerstand (56), Den Helder

• 1985 » Hameur Bouazza, Algerian international footballer, winger
• 1986 » Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
• 1987 » Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
• 1987 » Sergio Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
• 1988 » Sebastian Tyrała, Polish-German footballer
• 1989 » Franco Vázquez, Argentinian footballer
• 1990 » Luca Profeta, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Alexander Merkel, Kazakhstani-German footballer

• 1992 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)
• 1994 » Papa John Creach, American violinist (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1997 » Joseph Aiuppa, American gangster (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
• 1999 » William Bronk, American poet and academic (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (b. 1934)
• 2002 » Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales (b. 1916)

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 11 » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
• March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
• March 31 » Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
• April 10 » The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
• August 30 » Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies recapture Matadi and the Inga dams in the western DRC from RCD and Rwandan troops.
• November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.

The temperature on February 22, 1998 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.