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Born on Monday August 18, 1997
- Thom van de Weele
- Steven Kay Jacobs, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland († 1997)
Died on Monday August 18, 1997
- Cornelius Norbertus Doms (71), Tilburg
- Abraham Meijer (77), Gouda
- Cornelis van den Hout (82), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Albert Eugene Richardson [Bu] (67), Columbus County, North Carolina
- Berendje Gerards (84)
- Cornelia Elisabeth Maria Muijen (76), Roosendaal
- Burgess Alfred FIELD (76), Wichita,Sedgwick,Kansas,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE
- Adrianus van der Ende (72), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
- Catharina Coelingh (67), Enschede
- Cornelia Wilhelmina Maria Knippenberg (84), Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Born on August 18
- 1988 » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1988 » G-Dragon, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
- 1988 » Jack Hobbs, English footballer
- 1992 » Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
- 1992 » Elizabeth Beisel, American swimmer
- 1993 » Jung Eun-ji, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 1993 » Maia Mitchell, Australian actress and singer
- 1994 » Morgan Sanson, French footballer
- 1995 » Alīna Fjodorova, Latvian figure skater
- 1997 » Renato Sanches, Portuguese footballer
Died on August 18
- 1990 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and philosopher, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
- 1994 » Francis Raymond Shea, American bishop (b. 1913)
- 1998 » Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (b. 1948)
- 2001 » David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
- 2002 » Dean Riesner, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
- 2003 » Tony Jackson, English singer and bassist (b. 1938)
- 2004 » Elmer Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
- 2004 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
- 2005 » Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (b. 1982)
- 2006 » Ken Kearney, Australian rugby player (b. 1924)
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.
- March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
- June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- July 10 » In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
- October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
- December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
Weather August 18, 1997
The temperature on August 18, 1997 was between 13.6 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.