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• Rowin Christian de LANGE, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• ROBIN MAAT
• Tjark Ludolphij († 1998)
• Boy Calis, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)

• Aart Vermeulen (105), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berendina van de Weerd (85), Drogeham, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Mulder (71), harderwijk
• Alphonsus Adrianus Franciscus van Morkhoven (72), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Charles David Bagby (81), Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama
• Adriana Helena Vennings (74), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje van der Veen (86)
• Arie Ariesz Moraal (51), Leiden
• Albertus Johannes Gieling (91), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berta (Bertchen) BREUER (97), Aachen (D)

• 1989 » Alemão, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Toby Alderweireld, Belgian international footballer, defender
• 1990 » Josh McGuire, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Malcolm Butler, American football player
• 1990 » Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer
• 1990 » Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
• 1991 » Nick Franklin, American baseball player
• 1992 » Jack Stockwell, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Ange-Freddy Plumain, French footballer
• 1997 » Becky G, American singer and actress

• 1991 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 » Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
• 2000 » Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Hank Ballard, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2003 » Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 » Cormac McAnallen, Irish footballer (b. 1980)
• 2004 » Marge Schott, American businesswoman (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)

• 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 27 » The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
• May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
• June 11 » Compaq Computer pays US$9billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
• August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
• October 29 » While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
• 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 March 2, 1998 was between 3.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.