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• Anne Franciska Glastra, Sneek († 1998)

• Anthonis Cornelis van der Lubbe (98), Den Haag
• "Robert" Joseph Mari Jacques Georges de Bertoult (72), Hautecloque, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Cornelia Willemina Naerebout (46), Vlissingen
• Barry Paul Stephens (43), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Ebelina Heerma (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Johann Zimmermann (81)
• Charles de Schönborn-Wiesentheid (81)
• Agatha Maria Harkema (17), Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Henricus van Melick (75), Roermond
• Cornelis Burgmans (86), Eindhoven

• 1988 » Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Michael Cooper, English rugby league player
• 1990 » Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
• 1990 » Oliver Gill, English footballer
• 1991 » Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper and bass player
• 1991 » Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
• 1992 » Jae Park, South Korean-American singer (Day6)
• 1995 » Joe Ofahengaue, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
• 1996 » Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer
• 1997 » Quin Houff, American racing driver

• 1991 » John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
• 1995 » Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 1995 » Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
• 1997 » Bulldog Brower, American wrestler (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
• 2001 » June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
• 2004 » Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)

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. 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.
• February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
• July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
• July 17 » A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• August 28 » Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
• November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.
• November 20 » The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The temperature on September 15, 1998 was between 11.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.