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1997 Calendar

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•  January 3, 1997 – China announces it will spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.
•  January 18, 1997 – Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
•  February 7, 1997 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  May 8, 1997 – A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
•  June 30, 1997 – The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
•  July 27, 1997 – About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
•  August 25, 1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
•  October 27, 1997 – October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
•  November 16, 1997 – After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People’s Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
•  December 30, 1997 – In the worst incident in Algeria’s insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.

•  February 10, 1997 – Chloë Moretz, American actress
•  March 18, 1997 – Ciara Bravo, American actress
•  May 9, 1997 – Zane Huett, American actor
•  June 20, 1997 – Maria Lark, Russian/American actress
•  June 21, 1997 – Rebecca Black, American pop star
•  July 13, 1997 – Leo Howard, American actor
•  July 20, 1997 – Billi Bruno, American actress
•  July 22, 1997 – Field Cate, American actor
•  October 8, 1997 – Bella Thorne, American actress
•  December 18, 1997 – Kylie Fonacier, Maple Creek & Povedan Honor Student and Composer