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Died on Sunday August 17, 1997
- Bertha Visser (52)
- Charles 'Sjoerd' Reitsma (87), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Anna Petronella Moors (85), Uden
- Albert C. Huyser (67), Bourne, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Adriaan Daniël Vrijhof (48), Den Bosch
- Bartholomeus Johannes Baptist Allebes (83), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Adriaan Joost Pieter den Boer (68), Rucphen
- Catharina van Gent (72), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Catharina Karremans (83), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
- Cornelia Walthera Vos (86), Tilburg
Born on August 17
- 1992 » Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player († 2013)
- 1992 » Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player
- 1992 » Paige, English wrestler
- 1993 » Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer
- 1993 » Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
- 1994 » Phoebe Bridgers, American singer/songwriter
- 1995 » Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1995 » Gracie Gold, American figure skater
- 1996 » Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2000 » Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
Died on August 17
- 1990 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
- 1993 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
- 1994 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
- 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
- 1995 » Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1995 » Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
- 1998 » Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
- 1998 » Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
- 2000 » Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
- 2004 » Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- 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
- Iris
- Naomi
- Kim
- Femke
- Melissa
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.
- June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
- July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
- July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
- September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
- December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
- 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 August 17, 1997
The temperature on August 17, 1997 was between 14.9 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.