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• Bjorn De Bliek, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Lindsey Marie Krusemark, Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa († 1998)

• Antonetta Maria Brok (84), Goirle
• Aaltje Westerbeke (74), Hippolytushoef
• Anna Catharina Adriana Woltering (78), Rotterdam
• Antonia Berendina Bourgondien (82), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arendina Roelofke Wildemans (87), Buurmalsen
• Albertus Jacques Prop (63), Maastricht
• Daniel Louis Baudry (92), Engems les Bains, 93..., France
• Albertje (Ali) Keizer (61), Steenwijk
• Albertus Marinus Petrus Bianchi (77), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bep Korthouwer (70)

• 1990 » Anastasija Sevastova, a professional tennis player from Latvia
• 1991 » Akeem Adams, Trinidadian footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Josh Gordon, American football player
• 1991 » Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer
• 1992 » Denis Kudryavtsev, Russian hurdler
• 1992 » Jordan Silk, Australian cricketer
• 1993 » Tony Wroten, American basketball player
• 1994 » Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
• 1994 » Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1997 » Kyle Walker-Peters, English footballer

• 1996 » Leila Mackinlay, English author and educator (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Alan Cooley, Australian public servant (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Bryant Bowles, American soldier and activist, founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (b. 1920)
• 1997 » Dorothy Frooks, American author and actress (b. 1896)
• 1997 » Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)
• 1998 » Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and base jumper (b. 1960)
• 1999 » Ortvin Sarapu, Estonian-New Zealand chess player and author (b. 1924)
• 1999 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of East Germany (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet (b. 1916)

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. Johannes
14. Dennis
15. Lars
16. Jacob

1. Laura
2. Sanne
3. Emma
4. Amber
5. Kim
6. Anne
7. Femke
8. Charlotte
9. Lotte
10. Anouk
11. Julia
12. Eva
13. Anna
14. Demi
15. Lisa
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 22 » Space Shuttle program: space shuttle Endeavor launches on STS-89 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
• May 7 » Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
• May 26 » The first "National Sorry Day" was held in Australia, and reconciliation events were held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
• May 30 » The 6.5 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
• 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 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.

The temperature on April 13, 1998 was between 0.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.