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• Julie M. M. Willekens

• Catharina Cornelia Duijnmayer (84), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Catherine Le Clercq (81), Driebergen (gem. Utrechtse Heuvelrug)
• Dirkje Adriana Bakhuizen (90), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Hidding (79), Stadskanaal, Nederland
• Cornelis Matthijs Noorlander (60), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Engeltje Wolda (90), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albertina Anna (Tiny) Knoops (69), Linne
• Cornelis Mathijs (60)
• Baukje Geeske Bangma (69), GYTSJERK (Tietjerksteradeel), Friesland, Nederland
• Christina Catharine le Clercq (81), Driebergen-Rijsenburg

• 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
• 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
• 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
• 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
• 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2000 » Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter

• 1994 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
• 1995 » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
• 1998 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
• 2000 » Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)
• 2005 » John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Justin
8. Jacob
9. Wouter
10. Rick
11. Lars
12. Jan
13. Daan
14. Noah
15. Ruben
16. David

1. Amber
2. Lisa
3. Julia
4. Maria
5. Emma
6. Anna
7. Laura
8. Sanne
9. Romy
10. Tessa
11. Iris
12. Charlotte
13. Fleur
14. Merel
15. Femke
16. Anne

• 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
• January 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
• April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
• June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
• June 21 » Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
• October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
• November 9 » Uttarakhand officially becomes the 27th state of India, formed from thirteen districts of northwestern Uttar Pradesh.

The temperature on August 17, 2000 was between 11.5 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.