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1997 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1997
– Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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.
March 26, 1997
– Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven’s Gate cult suicides.
April 1, 1997
– Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
July 7, 1997
– The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
July 15, 1997
– In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
September 3, 1997
– Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev TU-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
December 16, 1997
– An episode of Pokémon, “Dennō Senshi Porygon”, aired in Japan induces seizures in 685 Japanese children.
December 18, 1997
– HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
Who Were Born On 1997?
January 17, 1997
– Jack Vidgen, Australian singer who won the Australia’s Got Talent in 2011.
February 25, 1997
– Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
May 9, 1997
– Zane Huett, American actor
June 20, 1997
– Maria Lark, Russian/American actress
July 13, 1997
– Leo Howard, American actor
July 31, 1997
– Barbie Forteza, Filipina child actress
September 8, 1997
– Kimberlea Berg, English actress
November 1, 1997
– Alex Wolff, American singer and actor
November 4, 1997
– Bea Binene, Filipina actress
December 18, 1997
– Kylie Fonacier, Maple Creek & Povedan Honor Student and Composer