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• Nicolaas August Petrus van Stratum, Venray
• Denise Doevendans, Tilburg, Nederland († 1998)

• Apolonia Johanna Landman (87), Sassenheim, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camille Simone CASTILHON (89), Huy, 4500, Liège, Belgique
• Arie van der Lugt (97), Kersey, Jasper County, Indiana (Verenigde Staten)
• Donald Ray McComas Sr. (66), Austin, Travis County, Texas
• Engelina Josephina Wilhelmina Maria van Spaandonk (95), Tilburg, Nederland
• Andrew Dixon Woodward [sRbs] (73), Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
• Claus Sportel (79), Prinsburg, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Emilius Franciscus Govaërt (72), Amersfoort
• Diedrika Hendrika van Loon (85)
• Elisabeth Margaretha Anna Maria Hegener (97), Eindhoven

• 1985 » Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
• 1985 » Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1986 » David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1986 » Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist († 2013)
• 1987 » Liam Doran, British rally cross driver
• 1989 » J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1989 » Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 » Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity

• 1993 » Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
• 1994 » Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
• 1994 » Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1996 » Billy Williamson, American guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Don Murray, American drummer (b. 1945)
• 1996 » Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
• 1999 » David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
• 1999 » Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2001 » Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Bas
8. Tim
9. Johannes
10. Daan
11. Robin
12. Max
13. Ruben
14. Nick
15. David
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.
• June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
• June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• July 20 » The fully restored USSConstitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• 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.
• August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.

The temperature on March 22, 1997 was between -3.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.