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• Doris EVERMAN (42), Mercer,Ohio
• A.C.C. Claessen (66), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dale L Abeln (41), Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, United States of America
• BERNADINE MARIA IJDO (93), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Weidema (89), Woudenberg, Nederland
• Cornelia Anna Brouwer (87), Den Helder
• Catharina Elisabeth (Trien) Hoogland (83), Bovenkarspel
• B.M. Garskamp (69), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnietje Barta Blokland (64), Bleiswijk
• Bernadina Maria YDO (93), 's-Gravenhage

• 1988 » Artūrs Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1988 » Eren Derdiyok, Swiss footballer
• 1988 » Mauricio Isla, Chilean footballer
• 1989 » Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1989 » Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » David Worrall, English footballer
• 1990 » Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
• 1990 » Kevin López, Spanish runner
• 1991 » Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1992 » Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer

• 1994 » Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi and author (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Pierre Russell, American basketball player (b. 1949)
• 1997 » Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1998 » Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (b. 1924)
• 1998 » Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1999 » J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1917)
• 2000 » Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
• 2000 » Sandro Rosa do Nascimento, Brazilian criminal (b. 1978)
• 2002 » Bill Blass, American fashion designer, founded Bill Blass Limited (b. 1922)

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 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• May 19 » The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
• September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
• October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• December 1 » In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.

The temperature on June 12, 1997 was between 14.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.