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July 19, 1997Born on Sunday July 20, 1997
Died on Sunday July 20, 1997
- BLANDINA STEINER (76), SFS
- Cornelis Cornelsz Haasnoot (72), Sydney AUSTL
- Geesje Noorman (88), Steenwijk
- Catharina Elisabeth Vierboom (78), Delft
- Christiaan (Chris) Huisman (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Albertje Jonas (67), Steenwijk
- Antonia Maria van der Aa (73), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Emma van den Eijkel (84), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
- Catharina Maria Caecilia (Toos) van Roessel (88), Tilburg, Nederland
- Aagje Johanna Houter (84), Enkhuizen
Born on July 20
- 1989 » Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
- 1989 » Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
- 1990 » Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
- 1991 » Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1991 » Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015
- 1991 » Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
- 1991 » Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
- 1995 » Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 » Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
Died on July 20
- 1990 » Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (b. 1907)
- 1993 » Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (b. 1945)
- 1994 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897)
- 1997 » M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1939)
- 1998 » June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)
- 1999 » Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (b. 1946)
- 2003 » Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
- 2004 » Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 » Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Bas
- Tim
- Johannes
- Daan
- Robin
- Max
- Ruben
- Nick
- David
- Jasper
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Celine
- Demi
- 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.
- January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
- May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
- May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
- July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
- December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
Weather July 20, 1997
The temperature on July 20, 1997 was between 13.9 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.