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January 30, 1997 
January 28, 1997
Died on Wednesday January 29, 1997
- Aimee Dupont (77), Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Anna Elisabeth Liebregts (91), Bladel
- Catharina Maria Ursem (69), Amsterdam
- Anna Dorothea WESTENSEE (91), Sioux Falls (US/SD)
- Albertus Henricus de Nijs (82), Emmeloord, Flevoland, Netherlands
- Anthonie Pieter de Hulster (91), Oostburg, Nederland
- Cornelia Maria 't Hart (77), Bergschenhoek
- Christina Kanaar (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Christianus Johannes Vermeulen (65)
- Christina Theodora van Deijnen (76), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
Born on January 29
- 1982 » Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
- 1984 » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
- 1984 » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 » Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1987 » José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
- 1988 » Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
- 1988 » Shay Logan, English footballer
- 1988 » Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
- 1989 » Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
- 1993 » Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer
Died on January 29
- 1991 » Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
- 1992 » Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
- 1993 » Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
- 1994 » Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
- 1999 » Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
- 2002 » Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 » Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
- 2004 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
- 2005 » Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
- 2006 » Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist, (b. 1932)
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.
- April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
- May 10 » The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province killing 1,567 people.
- June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
- July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
- September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- December 29 » Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
Weather January 29, 1997
The temperature on January 29, 1997 was between 1.7 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.