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• Lieke Sonneveldt, Zoetermeer, Nederland († 2009)

• Albert van der Meijs (62)
• Alida Johanna Hogenes (64), Sassenheim
• Anna Lodge Minot (79), Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Christiane LANGLAIS, Redon,35600,Ille-et-Vilaine,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Blijke Pieters VAN BRUGGEN (83)
• Antonius Petrus Bosman (80), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Harmina Klein (86), Delfzijl
• Adrianus Petrus Leonardus Kuijs (90), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Cornelia Loehr (71), lelystad
• Blijke Van Bruggen (83), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland

• 1989 » DeJuan Blair, American basketball player
• 1990 » Óscar González, Mexican boxer († 2014)
• 1990 » Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper and actor
• 1991 » Braydon Smith, Australian boxer († 2015)
• 1991 » Jordi Murphy, Irish international rugby player
• 1992 » Joonas Vaino, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 » Kenny Stills, American football player
• 1993 » Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Australian footballer
• 1993 » Marcel Ritzmaier, Austrian footballer
• 1993 » Ngani Laumape, New Zealand rugby player

• 1994 » Richard Nixon, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Jane Kenyon, American poet and author (b. 1947)
• 1996 » Erma Bombeck, American journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (b. 1908)
• 1998 » Kitch Christie, South African rugby player and coach (b. 1940)
• 1999 » Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (b. 1920)
• 1999 » Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (b. 1926)
• 2002 » Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (b. 1949)
• 2003 » Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2003 » James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)

• 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 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
• March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
• May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
• June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
• June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.

The temperature on April 22, 1997 was between -1.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.