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• Johanna Lia Baas, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• rens de meulemeester, maasbree
• Max Anthony Mylanus, Nijmegen

• Corinne Roosevelt Alsop (85), Chester, Morris, New Jersey, United States
• Anna Katherine Spark (96), Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas, United States
• Elizabeth Balk (84)
• Adriana Jacoba van den Berg (92)
• Alida Kingma (81), Monster
• Arendje (Annie) van de Wiel (78)
• Catherine Woudstra (86), Highland
• Constantijn Graaf van Stolberg-Wernigerode (91), Bad Ems, Rheinland-Palts
• Albert van Gerdinge (72)
• Aurora Gavina Lugo (95), Sacramento, Sacramento, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 » Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
• 1991 » Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
• 1993 » Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
• 1993 » Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
• 1995 » McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
• 1996 » MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
• 1999 » Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician
• 2000 » Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater

• 1993 » Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 1995 » Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)
• 1995 » Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (b. 1939)
• 1996 » Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1998 » Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2001 » Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915)

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. Celine
9. Michelle
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Iris
13. Naomi
14. Kim
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.
• February 7 » NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
• February 28 » GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
• May 19 » The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
• July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.

The temperature on December 9, 1997 was between 8.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.