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• Kelly Wilhelmina Peternella de Laat, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)

• Archibald Charles William NOEL (83)
• Antje Jantien Spreen (81)
• Bernardine Adele Jeanne Brans (57), Sint-Truiden, België
• Alewijn Maan Voogd Bergwerf (90), Castricum
• Anna Jan Maria de Smidt (85), Breda
• Antonius Wilhelmus Oortwijn (76)
• Antonius Smeekens (82), Gilze en Rijen
• Arnoldus Looijen (77), Wageningen (GL)
• Abraham van Hennik (101), Nieuwenhoorn
• Anna Maria van Oeffelen (93), Hilversum

• 1990 » Emily Scarratt, English rugby union player
• 1991 » Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer
• 1991 » Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer and actor with the boy band Infinite.
• 1991 » Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Carl Jenkinson, English-Finnish footballer
• 1994 » Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
• 1994 » Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1995 » Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
• 1996 » Kenedy, Brazilian footballer

• 1994 » Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Corey Scott, American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1968)
• 1998 » Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1998 » Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (b. 1919)
• 2000 » Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
• 2000 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)

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.
• January 21 » The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
• January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
• July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
• July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
• July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

The temperature on February 8, 1997 was between -1.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.