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October 20, 1997
Born on Tuesday October 21, 1997
- Charlotte van Duijvenvoorde († 1997)
- de Moorman († 1997)
- Michelle van Schaik
Died on Tuesday October 21, 1997
- Antonie Henricus van de Wiel (65), Gilze en Rijen
- Dirkje Cornelia Holster (67)
- Antonie Westenberg (81), Zwolle
- Engelina Helena Margaretha Banus (84), Haren (Groningen)
- Antonie Westenberg (81), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
- Catharina Maria Antonia Balm (88), Rijswijk, Nederland
- Adriana Johanna Zandbergen (54), Alphen aan den Rijn
- Cornelia Johanna Zuidervaart (88), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bartus Vonk (62), Bennekom
- Dirk Hardeman (75), Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
Born on October 21
- 1990 » Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer
- 1991 » Geoffry Hairemans, Belgian footballer
- 1991 » Harry Pell, English footballer
- 1991 » Rob Keogh, English cricketer
- 1991 » Tom Eastman, English footballer
- 1991 » Vadaine Oliver, English footballer
- 1992 » Bernard Tomic, German-Australian tennis player
- 1992 » Marzia Bisognin, Italian businessperson and former YouTuber
- 1995 » Antoinette Guedia Mouafo, Cameroonian swimmer
- 1995 » Cameron Burgess, Scottish-Australian footballer
Died on October 21
- 1992 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898)
- 1993 » Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
- 1995 » Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
- 1995 » Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
- 1995 » Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
- 1995 » Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
- 1996 » Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
- 1998 » Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
- 1999 » Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
- 1999 » Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- 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
- Iris
- Naomi
- Kim
- Femke
- Melissa
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.
- May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
- July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
- August 10 » Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
- September 11 » After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
- October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
Weather October 21, 1997
The temperature on October 21, 1997 was between 0.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.