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• Sharona Danielle (Sharona) Hobers, Zwijndrecht
• Thomas Batenburg († 1997)

• Arie Ouwehand (82), Midlum
• Acho van der Heij (87), Zwolle
• Cornelia Petronella Withagen (94), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Adriaan Faro (75)
• Antje Wielinga (92), Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Date Hoiting (70)
• Aloysius Joannes Hilgers (81), Nijmegen
• Dina Geertruida Goosen (69), Rijssen
• Amorita Leonore de Vries (93), Pinellas-FLA-U.S.A
• Catrien FRAMBACH (81)

• 1986 » Nicky Adams, English-Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Zoltán Stieber, Hungarian footballer
• 1989 » Dan Biggar, Welsh rugby player
• 1992 » Bryce Harper, American baseball player
• 1992 » Kostas Fortounis, Greek footballer
• 1992 » Stuart Lightbody, Irish badminton player
• 1993 » Caroline Garcia, French tennis player
• 1994 » Adam Elliott, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Charles Leclerc, Monégasque Formula One driver
• 1997 » Naomi Osaka, Haitian-Japanese tennis player

• 1992 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
• 1996 » Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)
• 1996 » Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1997 » Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1997 » James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)
• 2000 » Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2001 » Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)

• 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 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
• February 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
• March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
• June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
• August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
• December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 16, 1997 was between 3.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.