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• Daan Witte, Texel († 2017)
• Nick van Hulst, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Kerri Dean Tripp († 1999)
• Jordan Lee WITZIG, Peoria, Peoria Co, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Rob Vermeulen, Schoonhoven

• Bauke Boomsma (76)
• Adriana van der Deijl (88), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bessie Evelyne Benson (96), CHASE COUNTY, NEBRASKA
• Alida Drop (92), Reeuwijk
• Anno Twiest (76), Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer
• Christianus Antonius Rikken (69)
• Antonie Johannes Dooms (74), Cadzand
• Barbara CRAM (83), Burlington, VT
• Bas van Wielink (67)
• * Louis Beekmans (84), Beek en Donk

• 1990 » İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
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• 2002 » Paul Samson, English guitarist (b. 1953)
• 2003 » Gregory Hines, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)
• 2003 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2003 » Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945)

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.
• May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
• August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
• September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
• September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

The temperature on August 9, 1997 was between 13.3 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.