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• Simone Van Houten, Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands

• Berend Tjepkes Schoon (81), Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
• Arend Leffers (68)
• Antonia Hendrika van Hassel (83), Timboon, Victoria, Australië
• Broer Feenstra (81), Heemskerk
• Berendina Everdina Welleweerd (88), Hardenberg
• christianus van wijngaarde (58), 's Hertogenbosch
• Anna MAHÉ (94), Montoir-de-Bretagne, 44103, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
• CHRISTIAN Wilhelm Karl FILTER (92), Piet Retief, Mpumalanga
• Anna Maria Catharina van der Velden (91), Eindhoven
• Catharina Maria Elisabeth Johanna van Ulden (89), Maarn

• 1988 » Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
• 1988 » Christen Press, American footballer
• 1988 » Eric Berry, American football player
• 1989 » Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
• 1993 » Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1993 » Travis Head, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
• 1996 » Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)
• 1997 » Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
• 2000 » Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

• 1988 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1996 » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
• 2003 » Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)

• 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.
• April 6 » Travelers Group announces an agreement to undertake the $76billion merger between Travelers and Citicorp, and the merger is completed on October 8, of that year, forming Citibank.
• May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
• 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.
• August 17 » Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
• October 31 » Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.

The temperature on December 29, 1998 was between 1.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.