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• CALVIN HUISMAN, Zaandam († 2009)
• Babette BURBACH († 2018)
• Keanu Ryan Janssen, Jan ten Brinkstraat, den Haag, Nederland
• Jacob Theodore Jelderks

• Eddie C Rand E-U174 (84), Alberta, Wilcox, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Hubertus Petrus Brabers (89), Loon op Zand
• Antonius_Hubertus_Petrus Brabers (89), Loon op Zand
• Adrianus Petrus Koeijvoets (76), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Neeltje Groet (84), IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Veldt (59), Sault Ste Marie Ontario (CA)
• Albertus Dorland (57), Middelburg
• Earl Leroy van de Brake (78), Mt. Vernon, Washington, V.S
• Daniël Polderman (82), Goes
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Veugen (97), Nederweert

• 1996 » Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer
• 1996 » Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper
• 1996 » Razvan Marin, Romanian footballer
• 1997 » Coy Craft, American footballer
• 1997 » Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer
• 1997 » Joe Gomez, English footballer
• 1997 » Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer
• 1997 » Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player
• 1998 » Ross Cunningham, Scottish footballer
• 1998 » Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian race car driver

• 1991 » Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948)
• 1994 » Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934)
• 1998 » Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965)
• 2002 » Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist (b. 1912)

• 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.
• June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
• June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
• June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
• July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
• August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.

The temperature on May 23, 1997 was between 5.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.