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• Brandon Merkle († 2016)

• Antonius Johannes Cornelis van Puijenbroek (84), Tilburg
• Anna Catharina Hermina van Nunen (83), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Diewelien Bronsema (68)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maria de Bie (76), Tilburg
• Aaltiena Kluiving (98), Ruinerwold,Drenthe,Niederlande,Broekhuizen
• Dieuwelina Bronsema (68)
• Anna Catharina Hermina (Toosje) Van Nunen (83), Helmond
• Arie Simonszn In 't Veld (54), Westmaas
• Cornelis Verstijnen (83), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Broer Ausma- (69), Wageningen, Nederland

• 1990 » Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor
• 1990 » SZA, American singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Aaron Fotheringham, American wheelchair athlete
• 1991 » Dan Middleton, English YouTube personality and pro gamer
• 1991 » Jack Littlejohn, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Christophe Vincent, French footballer
• 1993 » Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer
• 1993 » Przemek Karnowski, Polish basketball player
• 1999 » Katherine Uchida, Canadian rhythmic gymnast
• 2000 » Jasmine Thompson, English singer

• 1994 » Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1998 » Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)
• 1998 » John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Rumer Godden, English author and poet (b. 1907)
• 1999 » Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (b. 1898)
• 1999 » Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1941)
• 2001 » Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (b. 1930)
• 2002 » Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2003 » C.Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920)

• 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 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
• April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
• May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
• July 20 » The fully restored USSConstitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
• December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
• December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

The temperature on November 8, 1997 was between 8.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.