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January 16, 1997
Died on Friday January 17, 1997
- Berta Hovius (84), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
- Adriana BOELHOUWER (63), Vlissingen
- Antje Boneschansker (58), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
- Adrianus Marie Elst (83), Roosendaal
- Alberta Pieters (90), Beilen
- Aldegonda Maria Beurskens (84), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
- Arvin M. Burrow (79), (Us. Army Ww11) Little Rock, Ark
- Angela Maria van Bastelaer (88), Koewacht,, Zeeland, Nederland
- Antonius Theodorus (Anton) Dikker (83), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
- Augustinus Verbraeken (89), Kloosterzande (Nld)
Born on January 17
- 1990 » Santiago Tréllez, Colombian footballer
- 1991 » Alise Post, American BMX rider
- 1991 » Esapekka Lappi, Finnish Rally Driver
- 1991 » Slade Griffin, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 » Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
- 1993 » Frankie Cocozza, British singer
- 1994 » Mark Steketee, Australian cricketer
- 1998 » Jeff Reine-Adelaide, French footballer
- 1998 » Sophie Molineux, Australian cricketer
- 2000 » Devlin DeFrancesco, Canadian race car driver
Died on January 17
- 1992 » Frank Pullen, English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
- 1993 » Albert Hourani, English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
- 1994 » Helen Stephens, American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
- 1994 » Yevgeni Ivanov, Russian spy (b. 1926)
- 1996 » Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
- 1996 » Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist (b. 1922))
- 1997 » Bert Kelly, Australian farmer and politician, 20th Australian Minister for the Navy (b. 1912)
- 1997 » Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto (b. 1906)
- 2000 » Ion Rațiu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
- 2000 » Philip Jones, English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Daan
- Johannes
- Robin
- Max
- Ruben
- David
- Nick
- Jasper
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Celine
- Demi
- Eline
- Kim
- Iris
- Naomi
- Femke
- Emma
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1997
- 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.
- July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
- August 20 » Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
- August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
- August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
- December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- December 29 » Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
Weather January 17, 1997
The temperature on January 17, 1997 was between -1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.