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Born on Friday January 3, 1997
- Jacco Gerard Bakker, Purmerend, Nederland († 1997)
Died on Friday January 3, 1997
- Apolonia JANSEN (84), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arend Zwiers (89), Emmen
- Annie Teeuwisse (87), 's-Gravenhage
- Anne Hendericus BOTTEMA (80), Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands
- Antonia van der Schoor (80), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alida Klaasdr de Vries (84), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Arend van der Weide (71)
- Anna Maria van Hazendonk (70)
- Alina-Maria VAN LAETHEM (85), Aaigem, Erpe-Mere, 9420, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
- Antonius Cornelius Wilhelmus Martinus Brekelmans (83), Khomas, Namibia
Born on January 3
- 1989 » Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1989 » Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
- 1990 » Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
- 1991 » Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
- 1991 » Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
- 1991 » Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
- 1991 » Sébastien Faure, French footballer
- 1994 » Isaquias Queiroz, Brazilian sprint canoeist
- 1997 » Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands hurdler
- 2003 » Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
Died on January 3
- 1988 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901)
- 1989 » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
- 1992 » Judith Anderson, British actress (b. 1897)
- 2002 » Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
- 2003 » Jimmy Stewart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)
- 2005 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)
- 2005 » Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
- 2005 » Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
- 2006 » Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
- 2006 » Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Kevin
- Jan
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Daan
- Johannes
- Robin
- Max
- Ruben
- Nick
- Jasper
- David
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.
- March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
- May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
- June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
- December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
Weather January 3, 1997
The temperature on January 3, 1997 was between -12.8 °C and -5.0 °C and averaged -7.7 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.