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• Cooper Alexander Fredriksz, Phoenix, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Huib Heesbeen, Eindhoven
• josephina michelle gertruda (stephanie) versteegen, venray
• Julian Gritter († 1998)
• Anoek Stuijts († 1998)
• Yana Van Droogenbroeck

• Emma Alwine Klaver (82)
• Conradine Jeane Versloot (59), Woerden, Nederland
• Albrecht van Oordt (90)
• Bastiaantje Van der Veeke (101), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Emma Alwine Klaver (82), Den Bosch
• Dorejetta Margaretha Hagenbeek (94), Nijmegen
• Edna Doeden (92), Spearfish, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States
• Adriana Hendrika Speksnijder (79), Pijnacker
• Aleida Drika van Zwam (87), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Cornelia Pieternella van der Velden (84), Delft,Gemeente Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1986 » James Maloney, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
• 1989 » Bryan Clauson, American race car driver († 2016)
• 1989 » Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist († 2012)
• 1992 » Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
• 1992 » Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
• 1992 » Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
• 1993 » Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
• 1994 » Inaki Williams, Basque footballer
• 1997 » Madison Kocian, American gymnast

• 1993 » John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 1995 » John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (b. 1903)
• 1996 » Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1996 » Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)
• 2002 » Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (b. 1918)

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. Lisa
14. Anna
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 25 » A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
• May 23 » The Good Friday Agreement is accepted in a referendum in Northern Ireland with roughly 75% voting yes.
• October 10 » A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises jetliner is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.
• October 29 » In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.
• November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.
• December 31 » The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.

The temperature on June 15, 1998 was between 9.7 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.