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Born on Sunday November 23, 1997
Died on Sunday November 23, 1997



Born on November 23

Died on November 23
  • 1994 » Art Barr, American wrestler (b. 1966)
  • 1994 » Irwin Kostal, American songwriter, screenwriter, and publisher (b. 1911)
  • 1995 » Junior Walker, American singer and saxophonist (b. 1931)
  • 1995 » Louis Malle, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
  • 1996 » Art Porter, Jr., American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1961)
  • 1996 » Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (b. 1943)
  • 1997 » Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuban-American businessman (b. 1939)
  • 2000 » Brian Rawlinson, English actor and playwright (b. 1931)
  • 2001 » Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
  • 2001 » Mary Whitehouse, English educator and activist (b. 1910)

Names that were popular for boys in 1997
Names that were popular for girls in 1997

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 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
  • July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
  • August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
  • December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
  • December 22 » Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
  • December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Weather November 23, 1997

The temperature on November 23, 1997 was between 4.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.

Source: KNMI