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Born on Saturday February 1, 1997
- Jan Meijer, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Died on Saturday February 1, 1997
- Clyde Andrew Reed (63), Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States
- Bertus Boersma (81), Driebergen
- Antoinette Marguerite Josephina de Groot (68), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
- Aaltje Offerein (82), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Clemens Maria Mathia Johannes van der Loo (55), Geldrop
- Arie VERHEUL (98), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Berendina Carolina Zoethout- (88), Groningen, Nederland
- Anne Mae Light (70), Vestal, Broome, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Andrew Robertson Rennie (78), Ayrshire, Scotland
- Berendina Carolina Zoethout (88), Groningen
Born on February 1
- 1987 » Austin Jackson, American baseball player
- 1987 » Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
- 1987 » Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
- 1987 » Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
- 1988 » Brett Anderson, American baseball player
- 1989 » Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
- 1991 » Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player
- 1993 » Diego Mella, Italian footballer
- 1994 » Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter
- 1994 » Joe Boyce, Australian rugby league player
Died on February 1
- 1992 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
- 1996 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
- 1997 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
- 1999 » Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)
- 2001 » André D'Allemagne, Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1929)
- 2002 » Aykut Barka, Turkish geologist and academic (b. 1951)
- 2002 » Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer (b. 1925)
- 2003 » Mongo Santamaría, Cuban-American drummer and bandleader (b. 1922)
- 2003 » Space Shuttle Columbia crew
- 2004 » Suha Arın, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Bas
- Tim
- Johannes
- Daan
- Robin
- Max
- Ruben
- Nick
- Jasper
- David
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Celine
- Demi
- Eline
- Naomi
- Iris
- Kim
- Femke
- 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 7 » NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
- June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
- July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
- July 7 » The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
- 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 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
Weather February 1, 1997
The temperature on February 1, 1997 was between -1.5 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.