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• Demi Klein, Zkh. Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland

• Barta Harmina IJzerman (82), Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius T. Heeman (75), Diemen
• Adriaan Jumelet (89), Bruinisse (Schouwen-Duiveland) (Zeeland)
• Anton Jan Willem Hofhuis (82)
• Catherine Edith Lewis Edwards [RC] (77)
• Cornelia Clasina Duivenvoorden (87), Noordwijk
• Albertje AB (94), Eelde (gem. Tynaarlo)
• Clara Veronica Jenkins (94), Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States of America
• Adriaan Jumelet (89), Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Arnold Schwenke (83), Warren, Macomb, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1988 » Kealoha Pilares, American football player
• 1989 » Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player
• 1991 » Antonio Pedroza, English-Mexican footballer
• 1991 » Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter
• 1991 » Jocelyn Rae, English-Scottish tennis player
• 1992 » Kyle Turner, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Elseid Hysaj, Albanian footballer

• 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Audrey Munson, American model (b. 1891)
• 1996 » Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic (b. 1946)
• 1999 » Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
• 2000 » Anatoly Sobchak, Russian lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Saint Petersburg (b. 1937)
• 2001 » Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
• 2001 » Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)

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 25 » A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
• January 26 » Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
• July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
• August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• November 19 » Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• November 26 » Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.

The temperature on February 20, 1998 was between 8.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.