About the day » Tuesday September 23, 1997Calender converter

• Tim van de Hoogen, Onbekend
• Lammert Geert Abes Stegenga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)
• Mike Abbing, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Lindsay-Mary-Jane White, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

• Amelia de Ruiter (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Johannes Vellinga (87), Amsterdam
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• Johanna Jacoba Buehre (64), Amsterdam
• Elisabeth Adriana Vis (51), Utrecht
• Eustachius Petrus Savenije (48), Dld
• Alphonsus Johannes (Fons) Aarts (87), Deurne, Nederland
• Elisabeth Antonetta Husmann (80)
• Ferd+ Schepers+ (68), Spaubeek, LI, Netherlands
• Eltje Brugers (90), Sterenborg, Nederland

• 1986 » Martin Cranie, English footballer
• 1988 » Anthony Straker, English footballer
• 1988 » Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
• 1988 » Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1989 » Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
• 1989 » Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
• 1993 » Duke Johnson, American football player
• 1994 » John Folau, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 1994 » Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1997 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)
• 1998 » Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1998 » Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
• 1999 » Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 2000 » Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
• 2000 » Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)

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. 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.
• March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
• June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
• 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.
• September 26 » An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
• November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
• November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.

The temperature on September 23, 1997 was between 6.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.