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Born on Sunday October 12, 1997
- Elisabeth Dombrovsky, Zevenaar
Died on Sunday October 12, 1997
- Cornelia Catharina (To) Blokker (81), Bussum, Nederland
- Arnoldina Adriana Lombarts (85)
- Antje Udema (86), Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
- Annaatje Alida Bakker (91), Den Burg
- Albertus Hendricus Cristianus van der Klaauw (69), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Berend Jan Boerrigter (64), Hengelo,, Overijssel, Nederland
- Cornelia van der Lem (88), Beverwijk
- Charles Johannes Musters (74), Rotterdam
- Christina Wilhelmina La Haye (88), Noordwijkerhout
- Cornelia PLOMPEN (97), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
Born on October 12
- 1991 » Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer
- 1992 » Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
- 1994 » Alex Katz, American baseball player
- 1994 » Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
- 1994 » Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1995 » Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast
- 1996 » James Graham, British singer
- 1996 » Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
- 1997 » Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
- 2002 » Iris Apatow, American actress
Died on October 12
- 1993 » Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1994 » Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1938)
- 1996 » René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
- 1996 » Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
- 1997 » John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1943)
- 1998 » Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
- 1998 » Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
- 1999 » Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
- 1999 » Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
- 2001 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Daan
- Robin
- Johannes
- Max
- David
- Ruben
- Nick
- 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.
- March 18 » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
- May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
- June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
- December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Weather October 12, 1997
The temperature on October 12, 1997 was between 5.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.