1997 Calendar
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1997 Historical Event(s)
February 7, 1997
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
February 11, 1997
– Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
February 28, 1997
– An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
April 23, 1997
– Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed.
May 6, 1997
– The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank’s 300-year history.
May 8, 1997
– A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
July 23, 1997
– Digital Equipment Company files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
July 27, 1997
– About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
November 27, 1997
– Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
December 22, 1997
– 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.
Who Were Born On 1997?
February 10, 1997
– Chloë Moretz, American actress
March 18, 1997
– Ciara Bravo, American actress
July 13, 1997
– Leo Howard, American actor
July 22, 1997
– Field Cate, American actor
August 5, 1997
– Adam Irigoyen, American actor
September 8, 1997
– Kimberlea Berg, English actress
October 1, 1997
– Sam Verlinden, New Zealander singer and actor
October 8, 1997
– Bella Thorne, American actress
October 27, 1997
– Eden Taylor-Draper, English actress
November 4, 1997
– Bea Binene, Filipina actress