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• Pien Zei, VU-ziekenhuis in Amsterdam

• Arnoldine Celestine Lambrechts (94), Borgloon, België
• Bernardina Arnts (86), Arnhem
• Cecil Irvin Jean (76)
• Corry van Hattum (66)
• Bernardina (Dien) ARNTS (86), Arnhem (NL)
• Alida Pakvis (80), Dordrecht, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Kappetein (91), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Mens (90), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Cornelia van Raam (73), Zoetermeer
• Aimée Rosalie Bernadette Marie JAMAUX (93), Vitré, 35360, Ille et Vilaine, Bretagne, France

• 1992 » Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball player
• 1993 » Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1993 » Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer
• 1994 » Cauley Woodrow, English footballer
• 1994 » Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
• 1994 » Tomokaze Yūta, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1995 » Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
• 1995 » Joe Stimson, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist
• 1998 » Juice Wrld, American rapper († 2019)

• 1993 » Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)
• 1995 » Mária Telkes, Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)
• 1995 » Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1997 » Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
• 1997 » Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
• 2002 » Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)

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.
• February 6 » Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
• February 20 » American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
• April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• July 17 » A diplomatic conference adopts the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, establishing a permanent international court to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
• August 26 » The first flight of the Air Force Delta III ends in disaster 75 seconds after liftoff resulting in the loss of the Galaxy X satellite.
• October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.

The temperature on December 2, 1998 was between -3.5 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.