About the day » Monday July 21, 1997Calender converter
July 20, 1997Died on Monday July 21, 1997
- Alida Maria FAKKELDIJ (60), Anaheim California U.S.A
- Anna Maria Hubertina Theunissen (86), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland
- Clarence E van Gerpen (84), Wagner, Charles County, South Dakota
- Anna Maria Augusta Maertens (65), Tielt, België
- Divera Boots (78), Haarlemmermeer
- Cor Pullens (74), Simonwald
- Cornelis Brakenhoff (69)
- Albert de Boer (78), Opeinde
- Abraham de RUITER (79), Arnhem (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
- Anna Laurina van der Kolk (77)
Born on July 21
- 1988 » KB, American rapper
- 1989 » Juno Temple, English actress
- 1989 » Marco Fabián, Mexican footballer
- 1990 » Chris Martin, English footballer
- 1990 » Erislandy Savón, Cuban amateur heavyweight boxer
- 1990 » Franck Elemba, Congolese athlete
- 1990 » Jason Roy, English cricketer
- 1991 » Sara Sampaio, Portuguese model
- 1992 » Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
- 1996 » Mikael Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian footballer
Died on July 21
- 1991 » Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
- 1994 » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
- 1997 » Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)
- 1998 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
- 1998 » Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
- 2000 » Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
- 2002 » Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
- 2003 » John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)
- 2004 » Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2004 » Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)
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.
- March 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
- May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
- May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
- June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
- September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
- 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.
Weather July 21, 1997
The temperature on July 21, 1997 was between 15.7 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 18.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.