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• Seanne Tinoco, Kansas City (Mo)
• Tim Weijermars

• Andries Benjamin Voll (72)
• Albert Martinus van Ooij (81), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Andries B. Voll (72)
• Antje (Anna) Jans Helder (86)
• Agnes Virginia Crowe (88), Tinley Park (Cook, Illinois, USA)
• Anna van Veen (74), Amsterdam
• Annie Groen (82)
• Adri van Dijk (57), Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Ahrens (53)
• Andreas Wilhelmus de Wit (85)

• 1984 » Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
• 1985 » Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor
• 1986 » David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
• 1987 » Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
• 1987 » Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1987 » Manteo Mitchell, American runner
• 1987 » Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1988 » Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
• 1990 » Magaye Gueye, French footballer
• 1992 » Manny Machado, Dominican-American baseball player

• 1994 » Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
• 1995 » Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
• 1997 » Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1998 » Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 2000 » Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman, founded Reliance Industries (b. 1932)
• 2002 » John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish lawyer, historical preservationist, writer and poet (b. 1930)
• 2003 » Buddy Ebsen, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1908)

• 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 23 » In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42 people.
• May 30 » Nuclear Testing: Pakistan conducts an underground test in the Kharan Desert. It is reported to be a plutonium device with yield of 20kt TNT equivalent.
• August 7 » Bombings at United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya kill approximately 212 people.
• August 8 » Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan is raided by Taliban leading to the deaths of ten Iranian diplomats and a journalist.
• September 14 » Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
• November 19 » Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5million.

The temperature on July 6, 1998 was between 9.9 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.