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• Koen Hendrik Mylanus, Zwolle
• Bart Martinus Mylanus, Zwolle

• Bobby Nell Smith (70), Jefferson County, Alabama
• Cornelis Valstar, Maassluis
• Evelyn King (72), Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Franciscus Antonius Cornelis ROBBE (90), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Coelingh (80), Hoogeveen
• Anna Catharina Derrez (102), Heerlen
• "Pierre" Joseph Marie Ghislain van Outryve d'Ydewalle (85), Bruges, Belgique
• Frederick Lane Ray (67)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Verduijn (81)
• Antonie Johannes van Kooten (79)

• 1990 » Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1991 » Antoine Griezmann, French footballer
• 1991 » Luke Chapman, English footballer
• 1992 » Karolína Plíšková, Czech tennis player
• 1992 » Lehlogonolo Masalesa, South African footballer
• 1993 » Jake Bidwell, English footballer
• 1993 » Jesse Joronen, Finnish footballer
• 1994 » Margaret Lu, American fencer
• 1997 » Martina Stoessel, Argentine actress
• 2000 » Jace Norman, American actor

• 1992 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1994 » Aleksandrs Laime, Latvian-born explorer (b. 1911)
• 1994 » Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Wilbert Awdry, English cleric and author, created Thomas the Tank Engine (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Ernie Wise, English comedian and actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 » Jean Guitton, French philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 2001 » Anthony Steel, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Tim
8. Bas
9. Johannes
10. Robin
11. Daan
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 7 » NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
• April 1 » Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
• May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
• 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.
• September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄₂ billion watched around the world on television.
• September 11 » After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

The temperature on March 21, 1997 was between -0.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.