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• Paula Bloeming, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)

• Carolina Alida Fredriksz (81), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Johanna Bruins (91)
• Alfons Van Roy (69), Vilvoorde, Brabant, België
• Celestine POELMANS (68), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Berendina Aalders (85), Groningen
• Antonius Franciscus Wilhelmus Pistorius (71), Tilburg
• Albert Edmond Van Landegem (82), Maldegem
• Albert Boxma (78), Utrecht
• Anna Elisabeth Aarts (92), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• B.D. de Vries (69)

• 1988 » Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
• 1988 » Christen Press, American footballer
• 1988 » Eric Berry, American football player
• 1989 » Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
• 1993 » Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1993 » Travis Head, Australian cricketer
• 1995 » Ross Lynch, American singer and actor
• 1996 » Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer (Twice)
• 1997 » Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer
• 2000 » Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer

• 1988 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1996 » Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
• 2003 » Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
• 2004 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2004 » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
• 2007 » Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)

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

• 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 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
• July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
• August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
• September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
• September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.

The temperature on December 29, 1997 was between 3.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.