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• Aenne Breissig (93), Nijmegen
• Antonius Arnoldus Sevens (79), Bentveld
• Antonius Marinus Koelen (74), Venlo
• Cornelia Susara Johanna PRETORIUS (65)
• Anna "Annie" van Beelen (81), Tholen zl
• Anna Aleida Brüning (54), Groningen
• Antonius Marinus (Toon) Koelen (74), Venlo
• Antonia Kleijs (74), Ewell ( UK/Surrey )
• Antonius Johannes Maria SMITHUIS (90), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Sijbom (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1989 » Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1989 » Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
• 1990 » Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer
• 1991 » Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
• 1993 » André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
• 1993 » Jacob Faria, American baseball player
• 1993 » Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
• 1994 » Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
• 1996 » Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player

• 1992 » Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
• 2003 » Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
• 2005 » John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th President of South Sudan (b. 1945)
• 2005 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)

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 4 » A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
• April 5 » In Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge opens to traffic, becoming the longest bridge span in the world.
• 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.
• December 8 » Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
• December 19 » President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

The temperature on July 30, 1998 was between 12.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 18.8 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.