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• Liz Silvie Beuman, Amersfoort, Nederland († 1997)

• Aubrey Shorty Brandon (83), Cassville, MO
• Antonius Derksen (63), Maarssen
• Caroline Apon (78), Baarn
• Antonius Maria Gerardus Zwitserlood (81), Heerlen
• Anna Maria van Leeuwen (74), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend van Dijk (55), Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andrea Carolina Gerarda de Haas (66), Tilburg
• Bert Frissen (39)
• Antonius Johannes Cornelis Mandigers (71), Eindhoven
• Adrianus van 't Hof (78), Terneuzen, Nederland

• 1991 » Christoph Kramer, German national footballer
• 1991 » Trevor Bayne, American race car driver
• 1992 » Camille Kostek, American model
• 1993 » Mauro Icardi, Argentinian footballer
• 1993 » Victoria Justice, American actress and singer
• 1994 » Sam Lisone, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
• 1994 » Tiina Trutsi, Estonian footballer
• 1995 » Nikola Jokić, Serbian basketball player
• 1998 » Katharina Gerlach, German tennis player
• 2001 » David Mazouz, American actor

• 1992 » Tojo Yamamoto, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
• 1994 » Derek Jarman, English director and set designer (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Charlie Finley, American businessman (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1904)
• 1997 » Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (b. 1908)
• 1998 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1913)
• 1999 » Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric (b. 1943)
• 2000 » Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
• 2001 » Stanley Kramer, American director and producer (b. 1913)

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.
• May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
• August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
• August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
• August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
• September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
• November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.

The temperature on February 19, 1997 was between 2.5 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.