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April 16, 1998Born on Friday April 17, 1998
- Roos Westerlaken, Schijndel († 1998)
- Yamilla Noëlle Carnas, Alkmaar,1800,Noord-Holland,Nederland
Died on Friday April 17, 1998
- Aleida Elisabeth Slendenbroek (80), Arnhem
- Cornelia Agatha Geerlings (85), Leiden, zkh
- Anna Elisabeth Penders (73), Elsloo, Gemeente Stein, Limburg, Nederland
- Christina Maria Bertrand (91), Kerkrade (L
- Aaltje van Vliet (85)
- Bernhard Lutgens (67), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
- Aaltje Elisabeth Koolenbrander (81), Vlaardingen
- Arie Noordsij (80)
- Althea Joyce Boterman (88), Usa
- Antonia Johanna Cornelia Wijnen (71), Veldhoven
Born on April 17
- 1985 » Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model
- 1985 » Rooney Mara, American actress
- 1986 » Romain Grosjean, French race car driver
- 1988 » Takahiro Moriuchi, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1989 » Avi Kaplan, singer and songwriter
- 1989 » Paraskevi Papachristou, Greek triple jumper
- 1990 » Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer
- 1992 » Lachlan Maranta, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1994 » Alanna Goldie, Canadian fencer
- 1996 » Lorna Fitzgerald, British actress
Died on April 17
- 1993 » Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)
- 1994 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American psychologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1995 » Frank E. Resnik, American sergeant and businessman (b. 1928)
- 1996 » Piet Hein, Danish poet and mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1997 » Chaim Herzog, Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918)
- 1998 » Linda McCartney, American photographer, activist, and musician (b. 1941)
- 2003 » Earl King, American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1934)
- 2003 » H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (b. 1936)
- 2003 » John Paul Getty, Jr., American-English philanthropist (b. 1932)
- 2003 » Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (b. 1930)
Names that were popular for boys in 1998
- Jan
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Willem
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Niels
- Michael
- Maria
- Nick
- Jacob
- Tim
- Daan
- David
- James
Names that were popular for girls in 1998
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Anne
- Laura
- Sanne
- Emma
- Amber
- Charlotte
- Sophie
- Lisa
- Wilhelmina
- Elizabeth
- Eva
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1998
- 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 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
- March 31 » Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
- May 2 » The European Central Bank is founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy.
- May 26 » The Supreme Court of the United States rules in New Jersey v. New York that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.
- August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
- October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
The weather on Friday April 17, 1998
The temperature on April 17, 1998 was between 3.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI