About the day » Friday May 9, 1997Calender converter

• Izzie Ida Camille Boissevain, Clifton Bristol

• Arthur Kenneth Gawley (82), Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
• Cora Alice Purdon (88), London (Middlesex) (Ontario)
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Schrijver (90)
• Betty Jane Nieman (76)
• Catharina Cornelia van Opstal (89), Boxtel
• Celey Ann Todd ***** (47), Troup, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Wester (87), Opmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carrie Kramer (95), Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
• Alvina Ethel de Neui (83), Seattle, King County, Washington
• Adrianus Cornelis Both (84), Rotterdam

• 1985 » Jake Long, American football player
• 1987 » Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
• 1987 » Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1988 » J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 » Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 » Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
• 1992 » Dan Burn, English footballer
• 1996 » Grace Reid, Scottish diver
• 1996 » Saron Läänmäe, Estonian footballer

• 1993 » Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)
• 1998 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (b. 1924)
• 2003 » Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (b. 1951)
• 2004 » Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2004 » Brenda Fassie, South African singer (b. 1964)

1. Thomas
2. Sander
3. Michael
4. Kevin
5. Jan
6. Niels
7. Bas
8. Tim
9. Daan
10. Johannes
11. Robin
12. Max
13. Ruben
14. Nick
15. Jasper
16. David

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Amber
4. Anna
5. Sanne
6. Lisa
7. Lotte
8. Michelle
9. Celine
10. Demi
11. Eline
12. Naomi
13. Iris
14. Kim
15. Femke
16. Charlotte

• 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 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
• September 26 » A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234.
• October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
• November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
• November 27 » Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
• December 22 » Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.

The temperature on May 9, 1997 was between 7.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.