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1997 Calendar

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•  January 18, 1997 – In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
•  February 7, 1997 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  April 1, 1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
•  April 22, 1997 – Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria – 93 villagers killed.
•  May 10, 1997 – A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran’s Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
•  June 26, 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
•  June 28, 1997 – Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield II – Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Holyfield’s ear.
•  September 6, 1997 – Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
•  December 3, 1997 – In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign The Ottawa treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People’s Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
•  December 19, 1997 – SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

•  February 10, 1997 – Chloë Moretz, American actress
•  February 25, 1997 – Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
•  March 23, 1997 – Aidan Davis, English dancer
•  April 1, 1997 – Asa Butterfield, English actor
•  May 9, 1997 – Zane Huett, American actor
•  May 27, 1997 – Danny McKinnon, Canadian actor
•  June 18, 1997 – Max Records, American Actor
•  July 20, 1997 – Billi Bruno, American actress
•  August 16, 1997 – Greyson Chance, American singer
•  November 1, 1997 – Alex Wolff, American singer and actor