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• Remco Middelkoop, Sliedrecht († 1997)
• Kobus Dirk Kaptijn († 1997)
• Geertruida Cornelia van Mourik, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1997)
• Hendrik Romkes († 1997)
• Iris Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 1998)

• Adriaantje van der Heiden (83), Leerdam, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bart Koster (87), Hoogeveen
• Antonia Vonk * (77), De Blesse
• Bruin Baron (67), Klazienaveen
• Adrianus de Rijk (77), Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Sytzes Gras (77), IJlst, Gem. IJlst, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Mangelaars (88), Wouw
• Dimphena Elisabeth Leijten (79), Etten-Leur (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Dolores Elizabeth Schulte (82), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Vonk (77), De Blesse

• 1990 » Tori Bowie, American athlete
• 1991 » Lee Sung-yeol, South Korean actor and singer
• 1992 » Ayame Gouriki, Japanese actress and singer
• 1992 » Blake Jenner, American actor and singer
• 1992 » Kim Petras, German singer-songwriter
• 1992 » Stephen Morris, American football player
• 1993 » Olivier Le Gac, French cyclist
• 1993 » Sarah Hecken, German figure skater
• 1995 » Sergey Sirotkin, Russian race car driver
• 1998 » Kevin Huerter, American basketball player

• 1990 » Avdy Andresson, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)
• 1990 » Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954) (Double Trouble)
• 1994 » Frank Jeske, German footballer (b. 1960)
• 1996 » Greg Morris, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Essie Summers, New Zealand author (b. 1912)
• 1999 » Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (b. 1909)
• 2001 » Abu Ali Mustafa, Palestinian politician (b. 1938)
• 2001 » Michael Dertouzos, Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2002 » Edwin Louis Cole, American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Pierre Poujade, French soldier and politician (b. 1920)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Kevin
5. Jan
6. Niels
7. Tim
8. Bas
9. Daan
10. Johannes
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. Emma

• 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.
• March 18 » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
• June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• 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 20 » Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
• September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2​⁄₂ billion watched around the world on television.
• September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.

The temperature on August 27, 1997 was between 15.8 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.