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• Clarence Allen Card (78), Iowa Veteran's Home, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
• Bernard J. Wynveen (80), Oostburg, Wisconsin
• Asbjorn Ingvar Kristiansen (71)
• adriana Maria TIMMERS (94), Rijsbergen
• Anje Engelsman (75), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Cramer (84), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Johannes Petrus (Jan) van Mierlo (86), Ammerzoden
• Berendina Sieders (82), Urk
• Anna Maria Van Avondt (92), Ninde (Tremelo)
• Adriana Johanna van Helvoort (90), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1992 » Joshua Ingram, Canadian drummer and percussionist
• 1992 » Quinton de Kock, South African cricketer
• 1993 » Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
• 1994 » Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1994 » Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
• 1996 » Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
• 1997 » Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
• 1998 » Jasmine Armfield, English actress
• 1998 » Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer

• 1992 » Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
• 1999 » C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)
• 2002 » K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
• 2003 » Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
• 2005 » Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)

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.
• January 13 » Alfredo Ormando sets himself on fire in St. Peter's Square, protesting against homophobia.
• February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
• April 10 » The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
• 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.
• November 19 » Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

The temperature on December 17, 1998 was between 3.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.