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April 2, 1997Born on Thursday April 3, 1997
- Mark Visser, Groningen
Died on Thursday April 3, 1997
- Cecilia Bernardina Vaske (72), Nijmegen
- Arendje Maria Donker (89), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Andriesje de Jong (74)
- Céline von der Haar (55), Didam
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- Catharina Wilhelmina de Veth (85), Bergen op Zoom
- Annigje Cornelia Verkaik (67), Rotterdam
- Clara FLES (93), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
- Christina Margaretha Holverda (91), Leiden, prov. Zuid-Holland
- Antonius Johannes Maria Schulten (68), Alphen aan de Rijn
Born on April 3
- 1990 » Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
- 1990 » Madison Brengle, American tennis player
- 1991 » Hayley Kiyoko, American actress and singer
- 1992 » Simone Benedetti, Italian footballer
- 1992 » Yuliya Yefimova, Russian swimmer
- 1993 » Pape Moussa Konaté, Senegalese footballer
- 1994 » Kodi Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 » Mayo Hibi, Japanese tennis player
- 1997 » Gabriel Jesus, Brazilian footballer
- 1998 » Paris Jackson, American actress, model and singer
Died on April 3
- 1991 » Charles Goren, American bridge player and author (b. 1901)
- 1993 » Pinky Lee, American television host (b. 1907)
- 1994 » Frank Wells, American businessman (b. 1932)
- 1995 » Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman, co-founded Canadian Tire (b. 1902)
- 1996 » Ron Brown, American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
- 1998 » Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
- 1999 » Geoffrey Walsh, Canadian general (b. 1909)
- 1999 » Lionel Bart, English composer (b. 1930)
- 2000 » Dina Abramowicz, Librarian and YIVO and Yiddish language expert (b. 1909)
- 2000 » Terence McKenna, American botanist and philosopher (b. 1946)
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.
- March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
- April 22 » Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
- July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
- August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
- August 7 » Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
The weather on Thursday April 3, 1997
The temperature on April 3, 1997 was between 5.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI