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Born on Tuesday February 4, 1997
- anna godefrida (sem) engels, helden-panningen
- Jacob Bodt, Arnhem, Ned
Died on Tuesday February 4, 1997
- Anna Cornelia Vermeulen (90)
- Aaltje Booij (94), Hardenbergh Ambt
- Bernard Henry Suelmann USA (73), St Louis Missouri (USA)
- Alice Balsom, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten
- Arie Johannes Herweijer (88)
- Anna Cornelia Vermeulen (90), Den Burg
- Anneke Poddewijn (73), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Michael Josephus Fouchier (81), Tilburg (crematie)
- Anna Catharina Pelckmans (82), Turnhout
- Bernard Henry Tangen (77), Baraga Township, Baraga County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
Born on February 4
- 1983 » Lee Stempniak, American ice hockey player
- 1984 » Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
- 1984 » Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer († 2013)
- 1986 » Mahmudullah Riyad, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1986 » Maximilian Götz, German race car driver
- 1987 » Darren O'Dea, Irish footballer
- 1987 » Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
- 1988 » Carly Patterson, American gymnast and singer
- 1993 » Bae Noo-ri, South Korean actress
- 1998 » Maximilian Wöber, Austrian footballer
Died on February 4
- 1987 » Liberace, American singer-songwriter and pianist, (b. 1919)
- 1987 » Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (b. 1956)
- 1990 » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
- 1992 » John Dehner, American actor (b. 1915)
- 1995 » Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1921)
- 2000 » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
- 2002 » Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg (b. 1907)
- 2003 » Benyoucef Benkhedda, Algerian pharmacist and politician (b. 1920)
- 2005 » Ossie Davis, American actor, director, and playwright (b. 1917)
- 2006 » Betty Friedan, American author and activist (b. 1921)
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 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
- April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
- April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
- July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
- November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
Weather February 4, 1997
The temperature on February 4, 1997 was between 0.7 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.