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• Jeremy Lee Hibma, fortasse, somewhere in MI († 2017)
• Kim Nicole Groot († 1997)
• Dinkie van Wensen, Delft,Gemeente Delft,South Holland,Netherlands († 1997)
• Rosa van Zeggeren († 2005)

• Claas Bakker (71), Purmerend
• Egberdina Dokter (59)
• Eleonora Mathilda Maria van Tuyll van Serooskerken (84), Deventer
• Cornelis Both (95), Brielle, Nederland
• Beitske Feddes de Jong (85), Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Della van der Vennen (92)
• Antonia Hendrika Johanna Megens (83), St. Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Gesina Brussel (87), Rotterdam
• Cecil Marcus Wade (85), Great Falls, Chester District, South Carolina
• Cornelia de Waard (83)

• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete
• 1990 » Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 » Noelle Stevenson, American cartoonist
• 1992 » Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
• 1992 » Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
• 1993 » Ryan Blaney, American race car driver
• 1995 » Gabby Douglas, American gymnast

• 1994 » Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)
• 1999 » Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi, Indian Muslim scholar and author (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)
• 2000 » Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 2000 » Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)
• 2000 » José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)

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. Celine
9. Michelle
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.
• March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
• May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
• July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
• July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
• September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
• December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

The temperature on December 31, 1997 was between 4.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.