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• Theo MANNEVY († 1997)
• Jannik Deuster († 1997)
• Niels Steunenberg, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
• Jules Stefan de Koning, Veldhoven, S.Joseph Ziekenhuis († 1997)

• Brechtje Dieuwertje Kromhout (75), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alie A Duit (74), Roden
• Anna Albertine Vererfven (75), Oudenaarde
• Cornelia Johanna Boots (84), Hoorn
• Cornelia Antonia Anna Geertruida Timmers (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aris van Deelen (87), Randwijk
• Clara Beker (69), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aris Van Deelen (87), Randwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bénédicte Van Lil (29)
• Cornelia Gijsberta Maria Schenkeveld (66), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1990 » Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
• 1990 » Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 1990 » Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
• 1992 » Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
• 1993 » Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1994 » Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1994 » Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
• 1997 » Max King, Australian rugby league player

• 1988 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957)
• 1991 » Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Gregor Mackenzie, Scottish politician (b. 1927)
• 1993 » France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Bonnie Lee Bakley, American model, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956)
• 2004 » David Reimer, Canadian victim of a botched circumcision and transgender reassignment surgery (b. 1965)
• 2005 » David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)

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.
• May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
• June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
• June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
• August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
• November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

The temperature on May 4, 1997 was between 12.7 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.