About the day » Saturday April 5, 1997Calender converter

• Albert Hendrik Rorije (Roije,van Rorije,Rozije,van de Rorije) (72), Raalte, Nederland
• Benne Teuben (77), barger oosterveeld
• Albert Jan van Ommen (82)
• Alida Botterman (76), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelius Geerts (78), Gilze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angenieta Willemina Arends (82)
• Albert Hendrik Rorije (72), Raalte
• C.J.H. Kolner (63), Enschede
• Albert Bruhn, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Dorcas Lydia WALKER (BROWN) (94), Laurel Crest Manor, Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1994 » Mateusz Bieniek, Polish volleyball player
• 1995 » Gleb Rassadkin, Belarusian footballer
• 1995 » Sebastian Starke Hedlund, Swedish footballer
• 1995 » Sei Muroya, Japanese footballer
• 1995 » Viliame Kikau, Fijian rugby league player
• 1996 » Nicolas Beer, Danish race car driver
• 1996 » Raouf Benguit, Algerian footballer
• 1997 » Borja Mayoral, Spanish footballer
• 1998 » Jeremy Olson
• 1999 » Andrea Buwalda

• 1994 » Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
• 1995 » Christian Pineau, French Resistance fighter (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Emilio Greco, Italian sculptor and engraver (b. 1913)
• 1995 » Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch chess player (b. 1915)
• 1996 » Charlene Holt, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Cozy Powell, English drummer (b. 1947)
• 1998 » Frederick Charles Frank, British theoretical physicist (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Giulio Einaudi, Italian book publisher (b. 1912)
• 2000 » Heinrich Müller, Austrian footballer (b. 1909)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Bas
8. Tim
9. Johannes
10. Daan
11. Robin
12. Max
13. Ruben
14. Nick
15. David
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.
• February 28 » GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
• March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
• July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
• 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.
• August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
• September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

The temperature on April 5, 1997 was between 5.2 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 12.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.