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• Rick Stefano Groenewoud († 1999)
• Laurens Cornelis Samuel ( Sam) Kaandorp, Emmeloord († 2005)
• Marijn Heijke, Castricum

• Aleida Hieter (80), Harderwijk
• Andreas Smulders (85), Helmond
• Annie Inez Cornwell (80)
• Catharina Henricus Hartjens (94), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Coleta Adriana Wilhelmina Timmermans (90), Tilburg
• Aline Vanden Broeck (92), Belsele
• Adriana Maria Roovers (72), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Roos (85), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina Habets, Meerssen
• Anton Wolfers (67), Elslo

• 1994 » Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
• 1996 » Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
• 1996 » Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
• 1996 » Sehrou Guirassy, French footballer
• 1997 » Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
• 1997 » Dean Henderson, English footballer
• 1997 » Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer
• 1998 » Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater
• 1998 » Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater
• 1998 » Mecole Hardman, American football player

• 1998 » Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)
• 1999 » Bidu Sayão, Brazilian-American soprano (b. 1902)
• 1999 » Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Aleksandar Nikolić, Yugoslav basketball coach (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2001 » Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
• 2001 » Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2002 » Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)

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

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Anne
7. Femke
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.
• February 4 » The 5.9 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
• April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
• December 4 » The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
• December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

The temperature on March 12, 1998 was between -1.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.