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• Pieter Bernardus Katuin, weerdingerveen
• Albertje (Laura) Moorlag, Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 1997)
• Wessel Jens Snoeij († 2014)
• Margaretha Johanna Engelina Marjolein Hofman, Stadskanaal

• Alberta Otten (85), Arnhem
• Bernardus P.C. van Weert (70), Valkenswaard
• Adriana Maria Collart (85), Geldrop
• ANNA MARIA MOERMAN (86), DRIEBERGEN-RIJSENBURG
• Anna Annegien Santing (70), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Beverly Amina Smith (61), Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
• Cornelis (Cor) Don (74), Middelburg
• Adrianus Petrus (Piet) van Zutphen (87), Zijtaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur James (Jim) Willing (88)
• Anna Alida Groenendijk (78)

• 1984 » Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1988 » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 » Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
• 1990 » Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 1991 » Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
• 1994 » Arman Hall, American sprinter
• 1999 » Maggie Coles-Lyster, Canadian cyclist
• 2000 » Kim Ji-min, South Korean actress

• 1989 » Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (b. 1931)
• 1991 » Roger Patterson, American bass player (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)
• 1994 » Donald Judd, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 1995 » Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (b. 1952)
• 1998 » Gardner Ackley, American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1915)
• 2000 » Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Tom Landry, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and producer (b. 1912)
• 2002 » John Eriksen, Danish footballer (b. 1957)

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.
• 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 6 » In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
• September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
• September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
• December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky

The temperature on February 12, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 17.0 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.