About the day » Thursday August 7, 1997Calender converter

• Micheal van Meel († 1997)
• Lois Anna Reesink, Toldijk
• Michael van Meel († 1997)

• Doede van der Weide (61), Bolsward
• Albertus van der Velde (77), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles de Laître (76), Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
• Elisabeth Gertruda Zomerdijk (90), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Doorn (92), Delft,-
• Arnold Servaas (75), Amsterdam
• Arie de Zeeuw (98), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arie de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu) (98), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Aubrey Clifford HALL (90), Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia
• Rene Eduard van Hooije (90), Koewacht

• 1991 » Luis Salom, Spanish motorcycle racer († 2016)
• 1991 » Mike Trout, American baseball player
• 1991 » Mitchell te Vrede, Dutch footballer
• 1992 » Adam Yates, English cyclist
• 1992 » E. J. Tackett, American bowler
• 1992 » Simon Yates, English cyclist
• 1993 » Karol Zalewski, Polish sprinter
• 1993 » Martti Nõmme, Estonian ski jumper
• 1998 » María Bazo, Peruvian windsurfer
• 1998 » Vladimir Barbu, Italian diver

• 1989 » Mickey Leland, American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
• 1994 » Larry Martyn, English actor (b. 1934)
• 1995 » Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (b. 1929)
• 2001 » Algirdas Lauritėnas, Lithuanian basketball player (b. 1932)
• 2003 » K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (b. 1931)
• 2003 » Mickey McDermott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1929)
• 2004 » Colin Bibby, English ornithologist and academic (b. 1948)
• 2004 » Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Mary Anderson Bain, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Tim
8. Bas
9. Daan
10. Robin
11. Johannes
12. Max
13. David
14. Ruben
15. Nick
16. Jasper

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Amber
4. Anna
5. Sanne
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Michelle
9. Celine
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Kim
13. Iris
14. Naomi
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.
• June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
• June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
• June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
• November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
• December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

The temperature on August 7, 1997 was between 15.5 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.