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Born on Thursday October 30, 1997
- Johan Wito Schouten, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England († 2000)
- Kevin van Dieten († 2012)
- van de Veerdonk, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2002)
- Brent Lijnen, Heusden, Limburg, België († 2010)
Died on Thursday October 30, 1997
- Catharina (Trien) Proost (90), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Bastiaan "Bassie Pik" Reedijk (80), Rotterdam
- Dortha Ruth Meeks (55), Tuscarawas, Verenigde Staten
- Edna Heberle (77), Rochester, Monroe, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Alphonse Rosias (67), Tongeren, België
- Charles P. Son of Robert Fenstermaker (90)
- Ed Dunn (77)
- Arina Marina Vel (90), Venray
- Ernst Snabel (66), Amersfoort
- Alida Cornelia van Herp (84), Zuilichem
Born on October 30
- 1987 » Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer
- 1988 » Janel Parrish, American actress and singer
- 1989 » Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer
- 1989 » Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress
- 1990 » Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter
- 1992 » Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player
- 1992 » Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Marcus Mariota, American football player
- 1994 » Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player
- 1996 » Devin Booker, American basketball player
Died on October 30
- 1992 » Joan Mitchell, American painter (b. 1925)
- 1993 » Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (b. 1911)
- 1996 » John Young, Scottish actor (b. 1916)
- 1997 » Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1998 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses (b. 1894)
- 1999 » Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (b. 1933)
- 2000 » Steve Allen, American actor, television personality, game show panelist, and talk show host (b. 1921)
- 2002 » Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (b. 1965)
- 2002 » Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2003 » Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (b. 1940)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Johannes
- Robin
- Daan
- Max
- David
- Ruben
- Nick
- Jasper
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Celine
- Demi
- Eline
- Iris
- Kim
- 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.
- February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
- May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
- June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
- 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.
- November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
Weather October 30, 1997
The temperature on October 30, 1997 was between -3.0 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.