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July 19, 1997Born on Sunday July 20, 1997
Died on Sunday July 20, 1997
- Dorothy Schweickhard (68), Gorham, Ontario, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Elisabeth Wilhelmina Gerdina Maria Schravesande (82), Boskoop
- Aagje Johanna Houter (84), Enkhuizen
- Charles Francis Rowell (85)
- Geesje Noorman (88), Steenwijk
- Cornelis karremans (75), Bergen op Zoom
- Cornelia Hendrica van Egeraat (88), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
- Cornelia Catharina van Opstal (78), Tilburg
- Agnese Grossello (74), Villa Estense, Veneto, Italië
- Emma van den Eijkel (84), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
Born on July 20
- 1989 » Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer
- 1989 » Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer
- 1990 » Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
- 1991 » Chiyoshōma Fujio, Mongolian sumo wrestler
- 1991 » Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015
- 1991 » Philipp Reiter, German mountaineer and runner
- 1991 » Ryan James, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 » Steven Adams, New Zealand basketball player
- 1995 » Moses Leota, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 » Ben Simmons, Australian basketball player
Died on July 20
- 1990 » Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (b. 1907)
- 1993 » Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (b. 1945)
- 1994 » Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (b. 1897)
- 1997 » M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1939)
- 1998 » June Byers, American wrestler (b. 1922)
- 1999 » Sandra Gould, American actress (b. 1916)
- 2002 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (b. 1946)
- 2003 » Nicolas Freeling, English author (b. 1927)
- 2004 » Lala Mara, Fijian politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 » Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (b. 1965)
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
- Celine
- Michelle
- 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 22 » In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
- April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
- May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
- June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
- September 11 » NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Weather July 20, 1997
The temperature on July 20, 1997 was between 13.9 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.