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• Alice Dansaert (88), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Gruil (65)
• Cornelis Snepvangers (82), Gemert
• Aartje van de Kamp (93), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Björn Gina Linda Mosbeux (20), Brugge, België
• Caroles Eugenius Vogelezang (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Derksen (85), Nijmegen,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Heessels (81), Tilburg
• Agnes Kranendonk (82), Salt Lake City
• Hilda (84)

• 1989 » James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Endō Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1990 » Janet Leon, Swedish singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1990 » Tom Kilbey, English footballer
• 1991 » Colton Dixon, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1992 » Shiho, Japanese actress and model
• 1993 » Abby Sunderland, American sailor
• 1994 » Agnė Sereikaitė, Lithuanian speed skater
• 1996 » Bernadeth Pons, Filipino volleyball athlete
• 1999 » Carlotta Truman, German singer-songwriter

• 1994 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Don Cherry, American trumpet player (b. 1936)
• 1995 » Harilaos Perpessas, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1907)
• 1997 » Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
• 1997 » Ken Wood, English businessman (b. 1916)
• 1999 » James C. Murray, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Nathalie Sarraute, Russian-French lawyer and author (b. 1900)
• 2002 » Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (b. 1932)
• 2003 » Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1957)

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. Dennis
14. Johannes
15. Lars
16. Jacob

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. Anna
14. Lisa
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.
• January 11 » Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
• June 11 » Compaq Computer pays US$9billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
• July 15 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.
• November 20 » The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
• December 6 » in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez is victorious in presidential elections.
• December 29 » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.

The temperature on October 19, 1998 was between -1.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.