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• Brandon Merkle († 2016)

• arie simonsz in't VELD (54), westmaas
• Diewelien Bronsema (68)
• Anna Neletta (Netteke) (Annetteke) Wamsteker (68), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Bernardus (Bernard) STERK (74), Harmelen
• Charles W. Godbey [Wk-sWksBu] (73), Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Betty Lydia Nordland (73), Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van der Knaap (91)
• Clyde George Baker Jr. (82), Bexar County, Texas
• Aafke Eltje Zant (90), Zwartsluis
• Cor Dienaar (81), Hippolytushoef (gem Wieringen)

• 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)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Bas
8. Tim
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. Michelle
9. Celine
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Naomi
13. Iris
14. Kim
15. Femke
16. Charlotte

• 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.
• May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
• May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
• June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
• August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
• September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
• December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

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.