1997 Calendar
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1997 Historical Event(s)
January 17, 1997
– A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
January 21, 1997
– Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
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 13, 1997
– The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
March 18, 1997
– The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en-route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
March 22, 1997
– Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
May 8, 1997
– A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
July 7, 1997
– The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
September 11, 1997
– 14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
Who Were Born On 1997?
January 24, 1997
– Dylan Riley Snyder, American film, television and theatre actor
May 1, 1997
– Ariel Gade, American actress
May 9, 1997
– Zane Huett, American actor
June 21, 1997
– Rebecca Black, American pop star
July 31, 1997
– Barbie Forteza, Filipina child actress
August 5, 1997
– Adam Irigoyen, American actor
September 19, 1997
– Zac Alatabi, Savior of all Man Kind
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