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• Arthur Alex Hoogendoorn (58)
• Cor Riedijk (75)
• Adriaan Wisse (79), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• catharina (to) slaats (80), meijel
• Berend de Groot (85), Winschoten, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius van Ginneken (74), Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha Pen (82), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ardella Mae Krumwiede (69), Trimont, Martin County, Minnesota
• Adriaan Wisse (79), Terneuzen
• Afton Nash (75), Salt Lake City

• 1986 » James Maloney, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Trevor Plouffe, American baseball player
• 1989 » Bryan Clauson, American race car driver († 2016)
• 1989 » Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist († 2012)
• 1992 » Dafne Schippers, Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
• 1992 » Michał Kopczyński, Polish footballer
• 1992 » Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer
• 1993 » Irfan Hadžić, Bosnian footballer
• 1994 » Inaki Williams, Basque footballer
• 1997 » Madison Kocian, American gymnast

• 1993 » James Hunt, English racing driver and sportscaster (b. 1947)
• 1993 » John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1925)
• 1995 » John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (b. 1903)
• 1996 » Dick Murdoch, American wrestler (b. 1946)
• 1996 » Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1906)
• 2000 » Jules Roy, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1907)
• 2001 » Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (b. 1909)

• 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 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
• June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
• June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
• July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
• August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
• October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The temperature on June 15, 1997 was between 10.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.