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• Adriana Cornelia Maria Kouwenberg (95), Tilburg
• Antonius Theodorus Josephus Heijnsbroek (83), Nijmegen
• Barbera van der Klauw (80), Nieuw-Vennep
• Anna Sikkema (81), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• "Béatrice" Maurice Marie Ghislaine Maximilienne Caroline Roberti de Winghe (72), Grez-Doiceau, Belgique
• Aaltjen ENSERINK (88), Zelhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bakx (69), Oosterhout
• Antonetta Gerarda Grotholt (Grootholt) (69), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bauke Schievink (80)
• Allegonda Johanna Willemse (90), Waalwijk

• 1997 » Łukasz Kozub, Polish volleyball player
• 1997 » Agustín Guiffrey, Argentinian footballer
• 1997 » Connor McGovern, American football player
• 1997 » Filip Forejtek, Czech skier
• 1997 » Izuchuckwu Anthony, Nigerian footballer
• 1997 » Kyle Benjamin, American race car driver
• 1997 » Marco Klepoch, Slovak figure skater
• 1997 » Michael Kelly, Scottish footballer
• 1997 » Sarthak Golui, Indian footballer
• 1997 » Takumi Kitamura, Japanese actor

• 1993 » Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (b. 1895)
• 1994 » Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887)
• 1996 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Rasul Gamzatov, Russian 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.
• April 5 » In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
• May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
• August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• October 12 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at University of Wyoming, dies five days after he was beaten outside of Laramie.
• December 14 » Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
• December 26 » Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.

The temperature on November 3, 1998 was between 6.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 34.5 mm of rain during 14.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.