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Born on Tuesday January 7, 1997
Died on Tuesday January 7, 1997
- Allegonda Johanna Maria Verhoeven (71), Tilburg
- Bastiaan van Steenis (88)
- Alexandra Suzanne Francesca Klinenberger (79)
- Bernard Jan Medendorp (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alexandra Klinenberger (79), Ottignies, 25121, Belgique
- Barbara Jean Parent (51), Springfield, Lane, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
- Andrew Joseph Caglia (81), Friant, Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten
- Antonius Gerardus Tervoort (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Maria Guichelaar (71), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Bernardus Gerardus Dimmers (79), Ingersoll (Can)
Born on January 7
- 1982 » Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 » Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
- 1985 » Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver
- 1986 » Wayne Routledge, English footballer winger
- 1987 » Davide Astori, Italian footballer († 2018)
- 1987 » Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
- 1987 » Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer
- 1990 » Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
- 1991 » Caster Semenya, South African sprinter
- 1991 » Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
Died on January 7
- 1990 » Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)
- 1992 » Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)
- 1995 » Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)
- 1996 » Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1930)
- 1998 » Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
- 1998 » Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 2000 » Gary Albright, American wrestler (b. 1963)
- 2001 » James Carr, American singer (b. 1942)
- 2002 » Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (b. 1935)
- 2004 » Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Bas
- Tim
- Johannes
- Daan
- Robin
- Max
- Ruben
- Nick
- Jasper
- David
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Celine
- Michelle
- Demi
- Eline
- Naomi
- Iris
- Kim
- Femke
- Charlotte
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 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 22 » Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
- June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
- September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
- December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Weather January 7, 1997
The temperature on January 7, 1997 was between -8.4 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.