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• Kerri Dean Tripp († 1999)
• Daan Witte, Texel († 2017)
• Rob Vermeulen, Schoonhoven
• Nick van Hulst, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Jordan Lee WITZIG, Peoria, Peoria Co, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1998)

• Christianus Antonius Rikken (69), Nijmegen
• Age Walta (93)
• Bertha Van Betsbrugge (85), Waregem, West-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Alida Drop (92), Reeuwijk
• Agnes Gerda Vilhelmina Cervin (85), Smala gränd 1 C, Silverdalen, Lönneberga (H)
• * Louis Beekmans (84), Beek en Donk
• Annie Tijmensen (53)
• Adriana van der Deijl (88), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus Antonius Lannoo (80)
• Antonie Johannes Dooms (74), Cadzand

• 1990 » İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
• 1991 » Alexa Bliss, American bodybuilder and wrestler
• 1991 » Alice Barlow, English actress
• 1991 » Hansika Motwani, Indian actress
• 1993 » Dipa Karmakar, Indian gymnast
• 1993 » Jun.Q, South Korean singer and actor
• 1994 » Kelli Hubly, American soccer player
• 1995 » Eli Apple, American football player
• 1996 » Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress and model
• 1999 » Deniss Vasiļjevs, Latvian figure skater

• 1992 » Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian journalist and politician (b. 1910)
• 2000 » John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Nicholas Markowitz, American murder victim (b. 1984)
• 2002 » Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Gregory Hines, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2003 » Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)

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

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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 10 » The 7.3 M_w Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
• June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
• August 3 » Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
• October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
• December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
• December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

The temperature on August 9, 1997 was between 13.3 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.