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• Thais Calaerts, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België
• Jan Bellis († 1998)

• Barbara Frederica Maria Smulders (76), Tilburg
• Connie Lynn Cowsert (47), South Saint Paul, Dakota, Minnesota
• Agnes Mae Arnold Clemmons [Bu] (80), @ her residence, 1875 Clemmons Road, Bolivia, Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Anna Maria Versteeg (91), Vianen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonia Netten (81), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Theodora Overmeijer (86), Eindhoven
• Clasina Theodora Overmeijer (86), Eindhoven
• Brandina Berkhoff (73), Apeldoorn
• Dalton Álvares de Ércole (63), Piraju, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus Alphonsus Verhoeven (80), Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1990 » Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
• 1990 » Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 » Ángel Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 1992 » Óscar Romero, Paraguayan footballer
• 1993 » Tom Barkhuizen, English footballer
• 1995 » Post Malone, American singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer
• 1999 » Moa Kikuchi, Japanese musician
• 2003 » Polina Bogusevich, Russian singer

• 1993 » Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1994 » Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964)
• 1995 » Bob Ross, American painter and television host (b. 1942)
• 1995 » Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)
• 1997 » Charles Kuralt, American journalist (b. 1934)
• 1997 » John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (b. 1912)
• 2002 » Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)

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.
• March 24 » A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
• May 13 » India carries out two nuclear weapon tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
• May 30 » The 6.5 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
• July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
• October 16 » Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a murder extradition warrant.
• November 20 » A court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

The temperature on July 4, 1998 was between 12.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.