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April 5, 1997Born on Sunday April 6, 1997
- Noah Lafeber, 's-Hertogenbosch
Died on Sunday April 6, 1997
- Erma Betty Butler (69)
- Anna Catharina (Johannes Bernardus Koop) Wubbels (90), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
- franciscus leonardus johannes (leo) engels (83)
- alfons maria leys (63), HOUTHALEN
- Berend Jan Veurink (78), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
- Aaltjen Olthoff (84), Hilversum
- Franciscus Cornelis Vogels (78), Eindhoven
- Adriana Maria Peeters (90), Dorst
- Berend Jan Veurink (78)
- Christina Maria Clasina Poppelier (90), Roermond
Born on April 6
- 1988 » Jucilei, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 » Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
- 1990 » Andrei Veis, Estonian footballer
- 1990 » Charlie McDermott, American actor
- 1990 » Lachlan Coote, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Julie Ertz, American soccer player
- 1992 » Ken, South Korean singer
- 1994 » Adrián Alonso, Mexican actor
- 1995 » Darya Lebesheva, Belarusian tennis player
- 1998 » Peyton List, American actress and model
Died on April 6
- 1992 » Isaac Asimov, American science fiction writer (b. 1920)
- 1994 » Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi (b. 1955)
- 1994 » Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (b. 1937)
- 1995 » Ioannis Alevras, Greek banker and politician, President of Greece (b. 1912)
- 1996 » Greer Garson, English-American actress (b. 1904)
- 1998 » Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (b. 1958)
- 1998 » Tammy Wynette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
- 1999 » Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1908)
- 2000 » Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician, 1st President of Tunisia (b. 1903)
- 2001 » Charles Pettigrew, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Johannes
- Robin
- Daan
- Max
- David
- Ruben
- Nick
- Jasper
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Celine
- Demi
- Eline
- Iris
- Kim
- 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.
- 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.
- May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
- September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
- November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- 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 April 6, 1997
The temperature on April 6, 1997 was between -0.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.