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• Adriana Carolina Kleijkamp (82), Wassenaar
• Afra Beemsterboer (89), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Groot (84), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Eke Tadema, Utrecht (Domkerk)
• Bernard Baker (88), Clinton Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Sant (92)
• Bernhardine s'Jacob (86)
• Anna CAMERLINCK (84), Antwerpen (BE)
• Antonius Maria Blijlevens (99), Dongen
• Cornelia Teunisje Johanna van Voorthuizen (88), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1990 » Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1991 » Antoine Griezmann, French footballer
• 1991 » Luke Chapman, English footballer
• 1992 » Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player
• 1992 » Lehlogonolo Masalesa, South African footballer
• 1993 » Jake Bidwell, English footballer
• 1993 » Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer
• 1994 » Margaret Lu, American fencer
• 1997 » Martina Stoessel, Argentine actress
• 2000 » Jace Norman, American actor

• 1994 » Aleksandrs Laime, Latvian-born explorer (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Wilbert Awdry, English cleric and author, created Thomas the Tank Engine (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Ernie Wise, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 » Jean Guitton, French philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 2001 » Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)
• 2002 » Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)

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. Johannes
14. Dennis
15. Lars
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Anne
7. Femke
8. Charlotte
9. Lotte
10. Anouk
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Anna
14. Demi
15. Lisa
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.
• February 3 » Cavalese cable car disaster: a United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car near Trento, Italy.
• May 13 » Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
• May 28 » Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
• August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
• October 29 » Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.

The temperature on March 21, 1998 was between 2.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.