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• Leroy Elings, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1998)
• Kayleigh Kerkhof, Maarssenbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Rick Haasnoot
• YANDRA RHITZYNA SHILVY MAAT, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Odine Isa Toering, Nieuwegein

• Adriana Hendrika van Bemmel (79), Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A. Bot (72), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Annie M Garrett (76)
• Christina van Hoek (87), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Varkevisser (87), Katwijk
• Dirkje WALSTRA (94), Breezand Netherlands
• Elisabeth Hillegonda Tromp (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bessie Mae Brouwer (88), Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa
• Dries Verhoef (91)
• C.M. van der Weijden (78)

• 1988 » Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
• 1988 » Markéta Irglová, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1989 » Angelababy, Chinese actress
• 1989 » Carlos Dunlap, American football player
• 1989 » Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
• 1989 » Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 » Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer
• 1994 » Jake Bugg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1999 » Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player

• 1993 » Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress and dancer (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Arkady Shevchenko, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Dermot Morgan, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (b. 1920)
• 2002 » Mary Stuart, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
• 2003 » Chris Brasher, Guyanese-English runner and journalist, co-founded the London Marathon (b. 1928)
• 2003 » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadorian general and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1917)
• 2004 » Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (b. 1921)
• 2004 » Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)

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. Jacob

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. Anna
14. Lisa
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.
• February 16 » China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road and residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 aboard and seven more on the ground.
• May 21 » President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 11 » Thai Airways Flight 261 crashes near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Airbus A310-200 is thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.

The temperature on February 28, 1998 was between 0.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.