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• Chris van Deursen, Valkenswaard, Limburg, Nederland
• Linda Martine Dirkje Markus, Houten Salamandersloot 16
• Vervoort († 1998)
• David Bredewold

• Caspar Hendrik Lanfermeijer (81), Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland
• Albert Wester (72), Grouw
• Catharina Draak (89), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anne Rieuwerd van Kammen (68)
• * Lambertus van de Griendt (81), Rosmalen
• Catharina Maria van Loon (77), Frankrijk
• Christiaan Hoek (73), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans Bakker (90), Alberta, Canada
• Albert Wekema (86), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Marie HERNANDEZ (24), Iowa City,Johnson,IOWA, Verenigde Staten

• 1986 » Wanlop Saechio, Thai footballer
• 1987 » Raphael Hackl, German rugby player
• 1988 » Candice Swanepoel, South African supermodel and philanthropist
• 1989 » Jess Glynne, English singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Sam Mataora, Cook Islands rugby league player
• 1991 » Zulfahmi Khairuddin, Malaysian motorcycle racer
• 1992 » Ferhat Yazgan, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Ksenia Semyonova, Russian gymnast
• 1996 » Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Indonesian badminton player
• 1998 » Jordan Ridley, Australian rules footballer

• 1992 » Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (b. 1926)
• 1993 » Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter (b. 1909)
• 1994 » Burt Lancaster, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Christopher Stone, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 1995 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1902)
• 1999 » Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (b. 1949)
• 2003 » Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Anthony Hecht, American poet and educator (b. 1923)

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. Pieter

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. Lisa
14. Anna
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.
• February 6 » Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
• May 6 » Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
• May 26 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
• August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
• August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• September 14 » Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.

The temperature on October 20, 1998 was between 5.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.