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• Werner Noz, Delft († 2004)
• Tristan Rozemuller, Almelo († 1998)
• Tristan Gall, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)

• Adriaan Cornelis Schuurman (94), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betty Lorraine DeVaughn (74), Williamstown, Wood Cnty, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Lang (77), Sittard, Netherlands
• Cornelia Hendrika van Donkelaar (91), Hull, Sioux County, Iowa
• Cassie Parsons (81)
• Donna Lee Breeler (66)
• Daantje Petronella Bouwman (88)
• Angela Bernadette Ursula (Bernie) Jones (93), Killarney Vale, New South Wales, Australia
• Bryan Ridley (59), Maryport, Cumberland, England
• Clarice Gertrude Pollock (95), Seminole Co., Florida, United States

• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1990 » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1991 » Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1992 » Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Allen Robinson, American football player
• 1995 » Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
• 1996 » Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 2001 » Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 1992 » André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1998 » E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1999 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 » Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
• 2003 » Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)

• 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 19 » An Ariana Afghan Airlines Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Kabul International Airport, killing all 45 on board.
• May 6 » Kerry Wood strikes out 20 Houston Astros to tie the major league record held by Roger Clemens. He threw a one-hitter and did not walk a batter in his fifth career start.
• May 13 » Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent are looted and women raped.
• May 21 » In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker.
• August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

The temperature on August 24, 1998 was between 11.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.