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1997 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2025. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1997 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1997
- February 7, 1997 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- May 15, 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the “Secret War” in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other “Secret War” veterans.
- June 2, 1997 – In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was executed four years later.
- June 25, 1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
- July 1, 1997 – China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
- August 20, 1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
- September 18, 1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
- September 26, 1997 – An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- October 25, 1997 – After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
Who Were Born On 1997?
- January 4, 1997 – Răzvan Popa, Romanian footballer
- April 24, 1997 – Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
- May 1, 1997 – Miles Ocampo, Filipino actress and singer
- May 9, 1997 – Zane Huett, American actor
- May 15, 1997 – Erica Green, American murder victim (d. 2001)
- June 26, 1997 – Callum Taylor, English cricketer
- August 16, 1997 – Greyson Chance, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- December 15, 1997 – Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
- December 17, 1997 – Naiktha Bains, Australian tennis player
- December 24, 1997 – Marina Chan, Singaporean swimmer