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Died on Sunday October 5, 1997
- Albert Knapen (70)
- Anna Maria Olieslagers (92), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anthonie Karsijns (73)
- Anna Catharina VLOEMANS (87), Turnhout, Belgium
- Albertje Damkat (60), Den Helder
- Anna Johanna Verwoert (86)
- Clasina Reiniera Geurts (87), Gauteng/Johannesburg, Zuid Afrika
- Barbara Gertie Christa Top (25), Driebergen
- Anna Maria Geboers (88), Bakel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anhonie Karsijns
Born on October 5
- 1988 » Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
- 1988 » Benny Howell, English cricketer
- 1989 » Ify Ibekwe, American basketball player
- 1989 » Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player
- 1989 » Marcel Baude, German footballer
- 1990 » Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Kevin Magnussen, Danish racing driver
- 1996 » Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1999 » Connor McLennan, Scottish footballer
- 2000 » Taahira Butterfield, Bermudian athlete
Died on October 5
- 1992 » Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
- 1996 » Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
- 1997 » Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2000 » Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)
- 2000 » Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (b. 1924)
- 2001 » Mike Mansfield, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1903)
- 2002 » Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- 2003 » Dan Snyder, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- 2003 » Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist, director, and producer (b. 1957)
- 2004 » Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Kevin
- Jan
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Daan
- Johannes
- 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
- 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.
- April 13 » Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
- May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
- June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
- June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
- August 7 » Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
Weather October 5, 1997
The temperature on October 5, 1997 was between 12.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.