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• cornelia margaretha commandeur (78), bloemendaal
• Alice May GATES (74), Elkhart General Hospital
• Adriana Johanna Caharina Zoontjens (89), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolyn June Olson (73), Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Christina van der Molen (56), Bolsward, Nederland
• Antje Baukes Wieringa (85), Heerenveen, Gem. Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Antonius Langeveld (76), Den Helder
• Derk Willem Slotboom (81), Heerde, 8181, Nederland
• Albert Wayne (born Weinberger) (82), Laguna Hills, Orange County, CA, United States
• Alida Beikes (89), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland

• 1996 » Adama Barro, Burkinabé footballer
• 1996 » Joy, South Korean idol and actress
• 1997 » Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer
• 1997 » Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer
• 1997 » Carter Kieboom, American baseball player
• 1997 » Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer
• 1997 » Devin Singletary, American football player
• 1997 » Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer
• 1997 » Reniece Boyce, West Indian criketer
• 1997 » Sulayman Bojang, Norwegian footballer

• 1993 » David Brown, English businessman (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1994 » James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Mary Adshead, English painter (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2002 » W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902)
• 2003 » Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (b. 1923)

1. Nick
2. Niels
3. Thomas
4. Daan
5. Robin
6. Tim
7. Jan
8. Max
9. Bas
10. Bram
11. Kevin
12. Dennis
13. Rick
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.
• March 1 » Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
• May 30 » The 6.5 M_w  Afghanistan earthquake shook the Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing around 4,000–4,500.
• June 25 » In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
• July 12 » The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
• October 7 » Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming. He died five days later.

The temperature on September 3, 1998 was between 15.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 19.2 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.