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• Margaux Verbruggen

• Alvina L Schmerse (87), Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van Kraij (80), Veldhoven
• Albertje Sloots (72), Ter-Wisch, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Emma Paulina Paas (75), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Leenen (88), Tegelen
• Arnold Johan Hendrik Quaedackers (57), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bertha Susanna Geib (84), Haren, Groningen, NL
• "Michael" Ludolf Maria Antonius Hubertus von Galen (43), Rügen, Allemagne
• Alice Williams Hendricks (83), Lewiston, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Adriana Jacoba ter Weeme (83), Roden

• 1988 » Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1988 » Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
• 1988 » Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
• 1989 » Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
• 1990 » Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
• 1990 » Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
• 1993 » Mitchell Swepson, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Mikolas Josef, Czech Republic singer and songwriter
• 1997 » Rishabh Pant, Indian Cricketer

• 1994 » Danny Gatton, American guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (b. 1941)
• 1997 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)
• 1998 » S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1928)
• 1999 » Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 1999 » Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (b. 1969)
• 2000 » Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 2000 » Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)
• 2001 » Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Tim
8. Bas
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. Iris
13. Naomi
14. Kim
15. Femke
16. Melissa

• 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.
• April 22 » Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
• June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
• September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
• December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

The temperature on October 4, 1997 was between 12.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.