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• Antonius Gerardus Machiel Horst van der (83), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus van der horst (83), roosendaal
• Charles Raimer (52), Portland, Multnomah County, OR
• Carolus Ferdinandus van Olmen (88), Baarle Nassau
• Anna Maria Das (89), 3960 Gerdingen, Bree, Limburg, België
• Berend Oosten (92), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Cornelia Hoogwerf Kroon (94)
• Adrianus van Heijningen (68), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Horst (93), Utrecht
• Baukje Postma (76), Sneek

• 1990 » Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
• 1991 » Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
• 1991 » Harry Pell, English footballer
• 1991 » Rob Keogh, English cricketer
• 1991 » Tom Eastman, English footballer
• 1991 » Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
• 1992 » Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
• 1992 » Marzia Bisognin, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
• 1995 » Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
• 1995 » Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer

• 1993 » Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
• 1995 » Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
• 1995 » Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
• 1996 » Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
• 1999 » Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
• 2002 » Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University (b. 1917)

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.
• March 27 » The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
• April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• May 27 » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• June 5 » A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plants. The strike lasts seven weeks.
• July 17 » The 7.0 M_w  Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
• August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 21, 1998 was between 8.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.