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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

Historical Events Of 1997

• January 18, 1997 – Børge 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.
• March 3, 1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
• May 19, 1997 – The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• May 27, 1997 – The unusual tornado outbreak in Jarrell, Texas.
• June 26, 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• July 1, 1997 – China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
• August 31, 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
• October 12, 1997 – Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria that killed 43 at a fake roadblock.
• December 22, 1997 – Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.

Who Were Born On 1997?

• January 7, 1997 – Ayumi Ishida, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
• January 10, 1997 – Ayuri Konno, Japanese actress
• February 5, 1997 – Patrick Roberts, English footballer
• April 24, 1997 – Veronika Kudermetova, Russian tennis player
• May 7, 1997 – Darya Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
• May 15, 1997 – Erica Green, American murder victim (d. 2001)
• July 19, 1997 – Ohga Tanaka, Japanese actor
• September 8, 1997 – Kimberlea Berg, English actress
• December 3, 1997 – Hayley Okines, English activist (d. 2015)
• December 17, 1997 – Naiktha Bains, Australian tennis player