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• Claudia-Carine FITEN

• Allegonda van der Lee (87), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Klaver (48)
• Arie Goes (72), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Linde (92), Hardenberg
• Alexander Churchill Denniston (75), La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
• Anna Elisabeth de Jong (78), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kalfsvel (90)
• Camilus Bostyn (86), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Bruining Schilder (80), Amsterdam
• Beertje van de Koot (63)

• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer
• 1990 » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer
• 1991 » Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker
• 1992 » Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 » Allen Robinson, American football player
• 1995 » Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
• 1996 » Camila Giangreco Campiz, Paraguayan tennis player
• 2001 » Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 1991 » Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904)
• 1992 » André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1998 » E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 » Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1999 » Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 » Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2001 » Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2002 » Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (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.
• February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
• March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
• May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
• July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
• August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
• December 15 » Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.

The temperature on August 24, 1997 was between 19.2 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 23.8 °C. There was 31.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.