About the day » Saturday March 29, 1997Calender converter

• Hailey HOMAN, Urbana Champaign County Illinois U.S.A († 1997)
• auke houben, helden-panningen

• Bernardina Maria Jansen (85), Tilburg
• Brunon Bogucki (81), Sittard
• Célia Camargo Silva (61)
• Cornelis Nicolaasz Hoek (73), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Gerrit Schuitert (59), Gouda
• Cornelia de Graaf (84), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Hoek (73), Katwijk aan Zee
• Delores Maureen Detzler (62), Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Hubart McSwain (89)
• Aaltje van Kalsbeek (92)

• 1988 » Esther Cremer, German runner
• 1988 » Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
• 1989 » James Tomkins, English footballer
• 1990 » Carlos Peña, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Lyle Taylor, English footballer
• 1990 » Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
• 1991 » Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host
• 1991 » N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
• 1993 » Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer

• 1994 » Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1995 » Mort Meskin, American illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1995 » Terry Moore, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1996 » Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 1996 » Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1997 » Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1999 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
• 1999 » Joe Williams, American jazz singer (b. 1918)
• 2001 » Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
• 2001 » John Lewis, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)

• 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 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
• April 1 » Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
• May 19 » The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• October 10 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.
• October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
• November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

The temperature on March 29, 1997 was between 4.6 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.