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• Elisabeth Dombrovsky, Zevenaar

• Cornelia Catharina (To) Blokker (81), Bussum, Nederland
• Adriaan Jan Evert Faber (89), Hoorn, Gemeente Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Slingerland (58), Vlist, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Hendrika Ploeg (86), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Johannes Musters (74), Rotterdam
• Charles Musters (74), Rotterdam
• Anna Catrina Lentz (50), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Vlietstra (99), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clara Margaretha Merkens (83), Cothen, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alphons Berghmans (69), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland (Nederland)

• 1991 » Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
• 1994 » Alex Katz, American baseball player
• 1994 » Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
• 1994 » Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1995 » Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast
• 1996 » James Graham, British singer
• 1996 » Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
• 1997 » Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 2002 » Iris Apatow, American actress

• 1993 » Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1938)
• 1996 » René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
• 1997 » John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943)
• 1998 » Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 1998 » Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
• 1999 » Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
• 1999 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
• 2001 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)

• 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 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
• May 19 » The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• 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 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
• August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
• September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

The temperature on October 12, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.