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• Nadaja Bakker, Harderwijk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Marina Fernandes da Costa Andrade, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1998)

• Annius Rusch (82), Zwolle
• Bernardus Johannes Kathmann (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alfons Gustaaf Ferdinand Knaeps (72)
• Antoon Brons (71)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Duijn (82), Utrecht
• Adriana Cornelia Oors (67), Etten-Leur
• Earlene Dozier (73), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Catharina Johanna Maria Raap (54), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ada Arendina Jeanette Elias (100), Bennekom, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Adrianus van Stein- (75), Alkmaar, Nederland

• 1989 » Igor Morozov, Estonian footballer
• 1990 » Chris Colfer, American actor and singer
• 1990 » Marcus Kruger, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1990 » Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner
• 1991 » Eneli Vals, Estonian footballer
• 1991 » Ksenia Pervak, Russian tennis player
• 1991 » Sebastien Dewaest, Belgian footballer
• 1991 » Tim Lafai, Samoan rugby league player
• 1992 » Aaron Brown, Canadian sprinter
• 1992 » Laurence Vincent-Lapointe, Canadian canoer

• 1990 » Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (b. 1904)
• 1992 » Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (b. 1890)
• 1998 » Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 2000 » Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer and pilot (b. 1912)
• 2000 » Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, Scottish politician and diplomat, 25th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1917)
• 2003 » Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (b. 1925)
• 2006 » Paul Gleason, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2006 » Rob Borsellino, American journalist (b. 1949)

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. Pieter

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. Demi
14. Lisa
15. Anna
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 4 » The 5.9 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
• March 2 » Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
• April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
• May 27 » Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
• August 28 » Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
• October 29 » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.

The temperature on May 27, 1998 was between 8.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.