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• Angélica Evers, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Olav Groenendijk, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Loes Wechgelaer, Bredevoort
• Matthieu Perquy
• Courtney Beth van de Stroet, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Hermina Marieke Altena († 2015)
• Angelica Evers, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Johanna Ester Altena († 2015)

• Catharina Meeuwsen (80), Rijswijk
• Beatrice G. Schuler (82), Acworth, Cobb, Georgia, United States
• Arnoldus Aloysius Philippus van Rijthoven (70)
• Albert F Tenhoopen (81), Ada, Kent Co, Michigan, VS
• Betty Bentje (Betty) Buist (38), Groningen
• Charles Fredrick Crawmer Jr. (77), Bowie, Prince Georges County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Speksnijder (86), Lekkerkerk Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Gosman (94), Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland
• Albert Adiel Vanmechelen (81), Staden
• Cornelia Lena Leendersten (87)

• 1986 » Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
• 1989 » Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 » Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
• 1993 » AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
• 1993 » Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
• 1993 » Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
• 1993 » Jordan Obita, English footballer
• 1994 » Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
• 1994 » Raheem Sterling, English footballer

• 1992 » William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)
• 1994 » Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
• 1996 » Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)
• 1997 » Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Betty Holberton, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2003 » Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919)

• 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.
• March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• May 5 » A Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 operating for Occidental Petroleum crashes on approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport in Andoas, Peru, killing 75 people.
• 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.
• September 27 » The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
• October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
• November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.

The temperature on December 8, 1998 was between -5.6 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.