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• Benthe Anna Maria Dijkman, Alkmaar
• Imani Salome Van Waardenburg, Torrance, California († 2001)

• Charlotta Cornelia Helena Kaptein (63), Bergschenhoek
• Bija van den Broek (88)
• Anna Catharina Zoelman (98), Emmen
• Dolores Jean Shanz (60), Ventura, Ventura, California, United States
• Eddie Bruce Wilson (86), Georgetown, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Kokmeijer (86), Groningen
• Catharina den Ridder (89), Zevenbergen
• Aaltien Groen (87)
• Doetje Posthumus (65), Den Helder
• Anna Catharina "Katrien" Zoelman * (98), Emmen(Dr)

• 1990 » Mark Swanepoel, South African rugby player
• 1991 » Blas Cantó, Spanish singer
• 1991 » Riho Iida, Japanese model and actress
• 1992 » Joseph Cramarossa, Canadian hockey player
• 1994 » Allie DeBerry, American model and actress
• 1994 » Waqa Blake, Fijian rugby league player
• 1995 » Yuta Nakamoto, Japanese singer and menber of South Korean boyband NCT
• 1996 » Rebecca Tunney, English gymnast
• 2002 » Julian Dennison, New Zealand actor
• 2002 » Lee Eunsang, South Korean singer and former member of X1

• 1993 » Oro, Mexican wrestler (b. 1971)
• 1994 » Wilbert Harrison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 1995 » Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1909)
• 1998 » Kenkichi Iwasawa, Japanese mathematician and academic (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
• 2001 » Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (b. 1911)
• 2002 » Jacques Massu, French general (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Sally Hoyt Spofford, American ornithologist (b. 1914)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Tim
8. Bas
9. Daan
10. Robin
11. Johannes
12. Max
13. David
14. Ruben
15. Nick
16. Jasper

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Amber
4. Anna
5. Sanne
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Michelle
9. Celine
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Kim
13. Iris
14. Naomi
15. Femke
16. Emma

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
• February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
• April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
• May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
• June 13 » A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
• August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
• December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

The temperature on October 26, 1997 was between 5.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.