The temperature on August 25, 1997 was between 17.9 °C and 30.0 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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.
January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
October 27 » The 1997 Asian financial crisis causes a crash in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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