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• Rik Gooskens († 1998)
• Melvin WIND, Deventer († 1997)

• Alida Anthonia verhoeff (83), Nijmegen
• Catharina Walda (73), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius van Scherrenburg (83), Bennekom(Streekziekenhuis)
• Bertus Starrenburg (86), Amsterdam
• Arthur Gierach Junior (81), Mequon, Ozaukee, Wisconsin
• Apollonia (Pleun) de Vlaming (83), Gouda
• Cornelia Maria van ZWEDEN (88), Rilland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clara Dean Conn (67)
• Andries Laar (77), Heerlen
• Clasina Gerarda Maria - Carla Eggenhuis (61)

• 1993 » Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player
• 1993 » Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer
• 1993 » Jody Fannin, English race car driver
• 1993 » Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
• 1994 » Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer
• 1994 » Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player
• 1994 » Thomas Minns, English rugby player
• 1995 » Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 » Ashton Golding, English rugby league player
• 1996 » Jordan Lilley, English rugby league player

• 1993 » Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)
• 1995 » Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1950)
• 1995 » William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
• 1996 » Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)
• 1997 » Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1998 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1999 » Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)
• 2002 » Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)

• 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 21 » The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
• June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
• July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
• August 31 » Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
• October 10 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
• November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

The temperature on September 4, 1997 was between 15.4 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.