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• Tim Floris (Tim) Knipping, Zwolle, Nederland († 1997)
• Leia Rachel Morales, Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States († 2013)

• Elisabeth Maria Catharina Huijsmans (95), Goirle
• Elisabeth Maria van HEEL (95), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Joseph Marie Zwijsen (71), Gorinchem, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Everdingen (63), Amsterdam
• Doyle William DUTSON (88), Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, United States of America
• Adriaantje van Hoeve (87), Hoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles Everett Gunter (74), Lakeside, San Diego, California, United States
• Cornelia Klazina van Velzen (92), Kamerik
• Addie Leila Carroll (95), Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas
• Dirk van Blitterswijk (65), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1991 » Justin O'Neill, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Yui Koike, Japanese singer and actress
• 1992 » Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Lucy May Barker, English actress and singer
• 1992 » Ricky Dillon, American youtuber and singer
• 1993 » Frank Kaminsky, American basketball player
• 1993 » Samir Carruthers, English footballer
• 1994 » Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer and actress
• 1994 » Shunsuke Nishikawa, Japanese actor
• 1996 » Austin Mahone, American singer-songwriter and actor

• 1993 » Alfred Mosher Butts, American game designer, invented Scrabble (b. 1899)
• 1993 » Douglas Leopold, Canadian radio and television host (b. 1947)
• 1995 » Kenny Everett, English radio and television host (b. 1944)
• 1995 » Priscilla Lane, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1996 » Barney Ewell, American runner and long jumper (b. 1918)
• 1996 » Boone Guyton, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Alparslan Türkeş, Turkish colonel and politician, 39th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1999 » Early Wynn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Lucille Lortel, American actress, artistic director and producer (b. 1900)

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. Iris
13. Kim
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 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
• June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
• July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
• 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.
• November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.

The temperature on April 4, 1997 was between 3.5 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.