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• Olaf Johan Niels Vossebeld, Beckum (Hengelo) († 2018)

• Cornelia H. Beentjes (85), Arnhem
• Anne Prins (43), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Plaisier (87), Ridderkerk
• Adriana Koppenaal (90), sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee)
• Antje Hanzes Hoekstra (90), Balk, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus ELSHOUT (75), Capelle aan den IJssel (NL/ZH)
• Adrienne Morisson de la Bassetière (90)
• Agnes Lugters (66), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Hubertina Wolters (92), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aartje Van Boeijen (87)

• 1990 » Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
• 1991 » Gerald Tusha, Albanian footballer
• 1991 » Nabil Bahoui, Swedish footballer
• 1992 » Neymar, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Stefan de Vrij, Dutch footballer
• 1993 » Leilani Latu, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 » Ty Rattie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Adnan Januzaj, Belgian-Albanian footballer
• 1996 » Stina Blackstenius, Swedish footballer
• 1997 » Patrick Roberts, English footballer

• 1992 » Miguel Rolando Covian, Argentinian-Brazilian physiologist and academic (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1922)
• 1993 » William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Doug McClure, American actor (b. 1935)
• 1997 » Pamela Harriman, English-American diplomat, 58th United States Ambassador to France (b. 1920)
• 1997 » René Huyghe, French historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Tim Kelly, American guitarist (b. 1963)
• 1999 » Wassily Leontief, Russian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)

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.
• January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
• 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.
• May 26 » The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
• August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• September 2 » The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
• December 29 » Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.

The temperature on February 5, 1998 was between -0.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.