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January 15, 1997
Born on Thursday January 16, 1997
- Tony Alan van Roekel († 1997)
Died on Thursday January 16, 1997
- Ann Mae Matulef (87), West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Albertus Reinier Jansen (75)
- Anthony J Cardillo (86), Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Albertha Hoeve (69), Apeldoorn
- Albertha Hoeve (69), Apeldoorn
- anna maria van berkel (88), voorburg
- Adrianus (Janus) van Krimpen (83), Rotterdam
- Alida Margaretha Bollen (72), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
- Aaltje Kreuze (87), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
- Aagje Notenboom (69)
Born on January 16
- 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
- 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
- 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
- 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
- 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
- 1996 » Kim Jennie, Korean singer
- 1998 » Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
- 2003 » Adriana Hernández, Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Died on January 16
- 1995 » Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
- 1996 » Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
- 1996 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
- 1999 » Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)
- 2000 » Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914)
- 2001 » Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939)
- 2002 » Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
- 2003 » Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
- 2004 » Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
- 2005 » Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Robin
- Daan
- Johannes
- Max
- Ruben
- David
- Nick
- Jasper
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Demi
- Celine
- 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.
- August 3 » Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
- August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
- December 1 » In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
- December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
- December 22 » Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
- December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
Weather January 16, 1997
The temperature on January 16, 1997 was between -3.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.