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• Stanley Ammerlaan, Leiderdorp
• Samuel Clayton Christians († 1997)
• Gijs Janne Marijn Limborgh, Sittard

• Andries de Haas (95), -
• Anne Hulleman (96), Hardenberg Overijssel Nederland
• Antonie (Ton) van der Mooren (72), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
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• Anna Elizabeth van der Linden (78), Bussum
• Angelina Elisabeth VOESENEK (66), OOSTHAM, Limburg (B)
• "Andries Cornelis" de Haas (95), Surhuizum
• Anne Hulleman (96), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annie Inez Posey (93), Los Angeles County, California
• Andreas Johannes Maria Keilholtz (70), Diemen

• 1988 » Asher Allen, American football player
• 1988 » Greg Oden, American basketball player
• 1989 » Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer
• 1990 » Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
• 1990 » Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Logic, American rapper
• 1990 » Phil Wang, British-Malaysian comedian
• 1991 » Stefan Kolb, German footballer
• 1996 » Joshua Ho-Sang, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1998 » Silento, American rapper, singer and songwriter

• 1993 » Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 1999 » Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)
• 2000 » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Roy Brown, American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
• 2001 » Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)

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.
• January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
• February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
• February 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
• June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
• September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

The temperature on January 22, 1997 was between 0.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.