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• Carter Adam Bentsen, New Westinster, British Columbia, Canada
• Mathijs Steernberg, Bussum († 1997)

• Albert Cyriel Georges Rogge (80), Waregem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Berendina Wilhelmina Boerstoel (87), Zwolle
• Alice Eileen Phillips (83), Linden, Union, New Jersey, United States
• Alma Gladys de Vries (77), Byron Center Michigan USA, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Huberta Maria van der Klugt (93), Noordwijkerhout
• Corrij Gomes (54), Anna Paulowna
• Alice M Wellhoefer (81)
• Albert Jungling (71), Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Dieuwertje Veldboer (90), Spanbroek
• Christianus Martinus "Chris" Linden, van der (76), Dordrecht, Nederland

• 1990 » Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
• 1992 » Adwoa Aboah, British fashion model
• 1993 » Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
• 1993 » Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1998 » Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
• 1999 » Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 2000 » Ryan Sessegnon, English footballer
• 2000 » Steven Sessegnon, English footballer
• 2002 » Alina Zagitova, Russian figure skater

• 1990 » Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
• 1995 » Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
• 1995 » Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)
• 1999 » Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)
• 1999 » Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
• 2000 » Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)
• 2001 » Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)

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 11 » Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
• 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 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
• September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.

The temperature on May 18, 1997 was between 15.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.