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• Anna HERINCKX (91), Halle (B)
• Cornelis Snepvangers (82), Gemert
• Alice Dansaert (88), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Derksen (85), Nijmegen,Gelderland,Nederland
• Burdette A Cusick (88), Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
• Berendina van der Kamp (64), Bruchterweg
• Antonetta Adriana Maria Aalst van (84), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertus (Albertus Clemens Maria) Feddema (70), Schiedam
• Abraham (Bram) Pront (76), Amstelveen, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Annemieke de Waard (16), Breezand

• 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)

• 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 28 » Nuclear testing: Pakistan responds to a series of nuclear tests by India with five of its own codenamed Chagai-I, prompting the United States, Japan, and other nations to impose economic sanctions. Pakistan celebrates Youm-e-Takbir annually.
• June 25 » In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
• August 20 » The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
• October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
• October 29 » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.

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.