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• Elizabeth May Vegt, Fern Tree Gully, Victoria, Australia († 2001)
• Nina Betty McPherson de Beurs, Pukekohe (Nieuw-Zeeland), Nieuw Zeeland

• Antonia Wilhelmina Leusveld (101), Harfsen
• Charlotte Dorothée barones van Pallandt (98), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia de ROOIJ (90)
• Aleida Arenddina Assink (92), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend Olivier (81)
• Catherine Marea Pohlman Benedikt (72)
• Alvin J. van der Lugt (49), Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adam R Stafford (72)
• Dirk Foppen (88), Assen
• Clifton Vinson "C.V." Willoughby *** (75), Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States

• 1989 » Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1989 » Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer
• 1990 » Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer
• 1991 » Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
• 1993 » André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
• 1993 » Jacob Faria, American baseball player
• 1993 » Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
• 1994 » Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
• 1996 » Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player

• 1989 » Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
• 1990 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)
• 1992 » Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (b. 1903)
• 1997 » Bảo Đại, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1913)
• 1998 » Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (b. 1917)
• 2001 » Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (b. 1923)
• 2003 » Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)

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.
• January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
• January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
• August 3 » Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
• September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
• December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

The temperature on July 30, 1997 was between 13.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.