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• Jonna Romee Stroink, Arnhem
• Robin Lucien Stroink, Arnhem

• Cornelis Broer (77)
• Adele H HAMMOND (96), Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, United States of America
• Adriaantje "Sjaan" Hordijk (82), Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alberta Hendrika Peek (76)
• Aagje de Haan (67)
• Adrianus Pepplinkhuizen (76), Wageningen, Nederland
• Adele Sloane Hammond (96), New Vernon, Morris, New Jersey, United States
• Alida Cornelia Merkx (75), Vught
• Dirkje Gijsbertha de Visser (89), Ede, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Alida Maria Hekker (74)

• 1988 » Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
• 1989 » Aaron Hernandez, American football player († 2017)
• 1989 » Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
• 1990 » André Schürrle, German footballer
• 1992 » Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
• 1992 » Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
• 1993 » Josh Wakefield, English footballer
• 1994 » Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1997 » Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model

• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 » Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
• 2004 » Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)
• 2005 » Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
• 2005 » Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
• 2006 » Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
• 2006 » Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Tim
6. Robin
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.
• January 23 » Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
• March 26 » During the Algerian Civil War, the Oued Bouaicha massacre sees fifty-two people, mostly infants, killed with axes and knives.
• 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.
• July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
• September 2 » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are killed.
• October 10 » A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

The temperature on November 6, 1998 was between 1.3 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.