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• Jesse van der Laan, Groningen
• Laurianne Huguette Gaelle Stuijts, Auxerre (F) († 2001)

• Aldegonda Johanna Vissers (90), Tilburg
• Audrey Willock Prof (68), Flushing, Queens County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Rebecca VOGELAAR (88), Rotterdam
• Antke Mooibroek (92), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Agatha Johanna Baak (75), Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• CESAR GUSTAAF VAN DEN BRANDEN (88), GENT,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Cornelis de Jong (75), Amsterdam
• Barend de Mik (81), Lekkerkerk aan den IJssel
• Edwin Charles Waldemar Marie van Es (89), Oost-Souburg, Vlissingen
• Adrianus Johannes Odijk (90), Cothen

• 1992 » Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
• 1993 » Jordan Archer, English-Scottish footballer
• 1993 » Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 » Eric Bailly, Ivorian professional footballer
• 1994 » Guido Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
• 1994 » Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress and singer
• 1994 » Oh Sehun, South Korean musician
• 1994 » Saoirse Ronan, American-born Irish actress
• 1995 » Pedro Cachín, Argentine tennis player
• 1996 » Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player

• 1989 » Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1992 » Ilario Bandini, Italian racing driver and businessman (b. 1911)
• 1997 » George Wald, American neurologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2001 » Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
• 2002 » George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
• 2004 » Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)
• 2006 » William Sloane Coffin, American minister and activist (b. 1924)

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. 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. Lisa
14. Anna
15. Demi
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.
• May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
• August 26 » The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.
• October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
• October 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
• December 14 » Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
• December 26 » Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.

The temperature on April 12, 1998 was between 3.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.