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• Rick Booij, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Aaron Dean TUSON, Tasmania, Australia († 1998)

• Bruce Lyell WISE (77), New Town, Tasmania, Australia
• Bernarda Nijkamp (58), Collendoorn
• Dirk Jacobs Leijenaar (78), Makkum, Wonseradeel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Dirk Cornelis Koomen (79), Den Helder
• Christina Elisabeth Willemsen (89), Zevenaar
• Egbert Marius Benedictus Antenne (75), Rijswijk
• Anna Maria BLAAUW (56), Kerkrade
• Christina Elisabeth Willemsen (89), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Christina Hendrina Leijser (89)
• Arie Loendersloot (79)

• 1989 » Darren Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Emma Watson, English actress
• 1991 » Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor
• 1991 » Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater
• 1992 » Jeremy McGovern, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Brodie Grundy, Australian rules football player
• 1994 » Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamian sprinter
• 1995 » Leander Dendoncker, Belgian footballer
• 1999 » Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player
• 2001 » Shanti Dope, Filipino rapper

• 1993 » John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
• 1998 » William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
• 2000 » Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2001 » Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 2002 » Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
• 2004 » Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)

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. Femke
7. Anne
8. Charlotte
9. Lotte
10. Anouk
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.
• April 6 » Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
• May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
• August 15 » Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
• August 28 » Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
• October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.

The temperature on April 15, 1998 was between 2.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.