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• Bart Hofmans († 2009)
• Amber Deidre de BORST, Groningen († 2002)

• Bertha Adriana Persoon (82), Den Haag
• Baukje Trijntje Faber (77), Bergum, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Gustave Joseph Valentin Boes (81), Lanaken
• Betsy van Steendsel (82)
• Adrianus "Adriaan" den Braber (68), Haarlem
• Antonius Henricus Baltissen (72), Horn
• Bartholomeus Maria van der Helm (74), Leidschendam
• Cornelis Hendrikus Felix Maria Jespers (62), Breda
• Clazina Maria de Visser (69), De Bilt
• Egbert Slomp (78), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1988 » JaVale McGee, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tatiana Búa, Argentine tennis player
• 1991 » Erin Sanders, American actress
• 1991 » Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
• 1992 » Logan Lerman, American actor
• 1992 » Mac Miller, American rapper († 2018)
• 1992 » Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
• 1993 » Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
• 1994 » Alfie Mawson, English footballer, centre back
• 1994 » Matthias Ginter, German footballer

• 1995 » Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1996 » Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 1997 » James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
• 1998 » Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
• 2000 » Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
• 2000 » Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (b. 1913)
• 2000 » Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, Bahá’í Hand of the Cause of God and wife of Shoghi Effendi (b. 1910)
• 2001 » Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
• 2002 » Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1934)

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. Jasper
16. David

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Amber
4. Anna
5. Sanne
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Celine
9. Michelle
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Naomi
13. Iris
14. Kim
15. Femke
16. Charlotte

• 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 28 » GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
• May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
• June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
• July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
• July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
• August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.

The temperature on January 19, 1997 was between 1.1 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.