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Died on Monday November 24, 1997



Born on November 24

Died on November 24
  • 1990 » Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
  • 1990 » Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)
  • 1991 » Eric Carr, American drummer of KISS (b. 1950)
  • 1991 » Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Queen, and producer (b. 1946)
  • 1993 » Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
  • 1995 » Eduard Ole, Estonian-Swedish painter (b. 1898)
  • 1996 » Sorley MacLean, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1911)
  • 1997 » Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930)
  • 2002 » John Rawls, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1921)
  • 2003 » Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921)

Names that were popular for boys in 1997
  1. Thomas
  2. Sander
  3. Michael
  4. Jan
  5. Kevin
  6. Niels
  7. Bas
  8. Tim
  9. Johannes
  10. Daan
  11. Robin
  12. Max
  13. Ruben
  14. Nick
  15. Jasper
  16. David
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
  1. Laura
  2. Anne
  3. Amber
  4. Anna
  5. Sanne
  6. Lisa
  7. Lotte
  8. Celine
  9. Michelle
  10. Demi
  11. Eline
  12. Naomi
  13. Iris
  14. Kim
  15. Femke
  16. 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.
  • February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
  • April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
  • June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
  • June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
  • August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
  • August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
Weather November 24, 1997

The temperature on November 24, 1997 was between 1.5 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.

Source: KNMI