About the day » Saturday February 1, 1997Calender converter

• Jan Meijer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltje van Ginkel (96)
• Camilla de Bock (82), Sinaai (B)
• * Geertruida Cornelia Maria van der Laan (73), Gouda
• Cornelis Lo A Sjoe (90), Suriname
• Albert Kleijnen (71), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roovers (78), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Visser (82), Kortenhoef, Noord Holland, Nederland
• "Clément" Eugène Galichon (86), Bron, Rhône, France
• Clyde Andrew Reed (63), Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States
• Arnoldus Josephus van Mosseveld (72), Hilversum, Nederland

• 1987 » Austin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1987 » Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
• 1987 » Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
• 1987 » Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• 1988 » Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 1989 » Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 » Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player
• 1993 » Diego Mella, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player

• 1992 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1997 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
• 2001 » André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2002 » Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
• 2002 » Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 2003 » Space Shuttle Columbia crew
• 2004 » Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

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

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Amber
4. Anna
5. Sanne
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Michelle
9. Demi
10. Celine
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.
• March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
• May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• May 27 » The 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak occurs, spawning multiple tornadoes in Central Texas, including the F5 that killed 27 in Jarrell.
• 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.
• September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
• October 4 » The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina

The temperature on February 1, 1997 was between -1.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.