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• Jan Joukes Kalma († 1997)
• Maria christina van Nuland, Anna Paulowna († 1997)
• Mellanie Kraak († 1997)
• Dirk Johannes "Diederik" van der Linden
• Nathan Isaiah Erdman, Madison, WI
• Josselin de Lagrevol († 1997)

• Aaltje Toepoel (84), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bruintje Room (76), Emmen
• Cornelis Kraaij (65), Weststellingwerf
• Calvert Van Noy Nelson (86), Kuna, Ada County, Idaho, United States of America
• Anna Tromp (89)
• Anna Francisca Henrica Brouwers (78), Turnhout (België)
• Anna Maria Bouwhuis (73), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Pors (71)
• Annigje Koning (68)
• Arnoldus van den Brink (83), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1992 » Joe Keery, American actor
• 1992 » Laura Kenny, English cyclist
• 1993 » Ben Davies, Welsh international footballer
• 1994 » Caspar Lee, British-South African Youtuber
• 1994 » Jordan Fisher, American singer, dancer, and actor
• 1996 » Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
• 1997 » Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• 1997 » Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• 1998 » Ryan Newman, American actress
• 1999 » Jerry Jeudy, American football player

• 1993 » Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (b. 1917)
• 1993 » Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Allan Francovich, American director and producer (b. 1941)
• 1997 » Eugene Stoner, American engineer, designed the AR-15 rifle (b. 1922)
• 1997 » Pat Paulsen, American comedian and activist (b. 1927)
• 2001 » Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Josef Peters, German race car driver (b. 1914)
• 2002 » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourgian sculptor (b. 1908)
• 2004 » José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (b. 1923)

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

• 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.
• May 10 » The 7.3 M_w Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
• May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
• June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
• August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.

The temperature on April 24, 1997 was between 5.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.