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March 7, 1997Born on Saturday March 8, 1997
- Tamika Lee WATERS, Victoria, Australia († 2017)
Died on Saturday March 8, 1997
- Anna Maria Josephina Antoinetta Lormans (90), Sint Odiliënberg, Limburg, Nederland
- Catharina Amanda van WEERT (96), Itegem, 2222, Antwerpen, België
- Dorothy TenPas (81), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Albert Hendriks (66), Acapulco, Mexico
- Edna Jean GUEST (62), Hobsonville, New Zealand
- Clifford Earl Bloemendaal (80)
- Barbara Elizabeth June McIntosh (64), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
- Dewitt Freeman Friend (87), Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
- Aaltien Bernardina Jongens (81), Huizen
- Daniël Tijssen (62), Apeldoorn, Nederland
Born on March 8
- 1990 » Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
- 1990 » Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
- 1991 » Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter
- 1991 » Tom English, Australian rugby player
- 1992 » Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host
- 1994 » Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer
- 1994 » Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer († 2014)
- 1994 » Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 » Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer
- 1998 » Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter
Died on March 8
- 1991 » John Bellairs, American author and academic (b. 1938)
- 1993 » Billy Eckstine, American trumpet player (b. 1914)
- 1996 » Jack Churchill, British colonel (b. 1906)
- 1997 » Gershon Liebman, French rabbi (b. 1905)
- 1998 » Ray Nitschke, American football player and actor (b. 1936)
- 1999 » Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)
- 1999 » Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
- 1999 » Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)
- 2001 » Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2003 » Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Johannes
- Jan
- Thomas
- Michael
- Willem
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Jacob
- David
- Maria
- Alexander
- Sander
- Kevin
- Hugo
- James
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anne
- Marie
- Anna
- Laura
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Eva
- Elizabeth
- Lisa
- Amber
- Eline
- Sanne
- Michelle
- Lotte
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.
- May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
- September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
- December 30 » In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
The weather on Saturday March 8, 1997
The temperature on March 8, 1997 was between 4.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI