About the day » Saturday August 2, 1997Calender converter

• Bernice Boeldak
• Joey Eikemans, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Naomi Marthe van Drimmelen, Dordrecht
• Jouy Eikemans, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Alpha H. Unknown > (91), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Cornelia Sijke Botma (66), Engwierum
• Adrianus LODEWIJKX (57), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Christina Maria de Haas (91), Amersfoort
• Dorothy May Starley (68), Utah
• Antoon Manders (83), Meijel, NL
• Antje Groenhof (77), Stadskanaal, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Aalbertus van Droffelaar (75)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Loenhout (90), Tilburg
• Arthur R. Wimmler

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 1990 » Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 1996 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
• 1996 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
• 1997 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1998 » Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
• 1999 » Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)
• 2003 » Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Jan
5. Kevin
6. Niels
7. Tim
8. Bas
9. Daan
10. Robin
11. Johannes
12. Max
13. David
14. Ruben
15. Nick
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.
• January 21 » The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
• April 13 » Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
• April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
• July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
• July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
• September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.

The temperature on August 2, 1997 was between 14.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.