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• Amy Alexandra Johanna van der Have, Almere, Flevoland, Nederland
• Ivan Hobers, Emmen
• Adriana Helena van Ginneken, Made

• Betty Ann Carpenter (63), Redding, Shasta, California, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Albert Allman (76), Hemet, Riverside, California, United States
• Berend Hendrik Schepers (98), Coevorden
• Alain Hellebuyck (38), Losse (Frankrijk)
• Antonius Adrianus Van van Beek (87), Nijmegen
• Catharina Zantkuijl (80)
• Cornelis KAPTEIJNS (92), Vught
• Antje Stuiver (94), Emmer Compascuum
• Anthonie Renes (83), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnold Datema (87), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1989 » Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer († 2014)
• 1990 » Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• 1992 » Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player
• 1993 » Adam Gemili, English sprinter
• 1993 » Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer
• 1993 » Jourdan Miller, American fashion model
• 1994 » Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter
• 1997 » Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer
• 1999 » Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver
• 2004 » Bronny James, American basketball player, son of LeBron James

• 1992 » Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
• 1993 » Larry Walters, American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949)
• 1993 » Nejat Eczacıbaşı, Turkish chemist, businessman, and philanthropist, founded Eczacıbaşı (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (b. 1961)
• 1997 » Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1999 » Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937)
• 2000 » Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (b. 1920)
• 2001 » Arne Harris, American director and producer (b. 1934)

• 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 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
• July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
• July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
• August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
• August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
• December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.

The temperature on October 6, 1997 was between 9.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.