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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 1, 1997 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• January 18, 1997 – In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill three Spanish aid workers, three 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 19, 1997 – The 1997 Red River Flood overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
• May 19, 1997 – The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
• July 10, 1997 – In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the “out of Africa theory” of human evolution placing an “African Eve” at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
• September 18, 1997 – Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• September 19, 1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
• 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.

Who Were Born On 1997?

• February 10, 1997 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
• March 2, 1997 – Becky G, American rapper
• March 10, 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
• May 7, 1997 – Darya Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
• May 31, 1997 – Milka-Emilia Pasanen, Finnish tennis player
• June 22, 1997 – Tami Grende, Indonesian tennis player
• July 13, 1997 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist
• August 28, 1997 – Emilia McCarthy, Canadian actress and dancer
• October 28, 1997 – Eden Taylor-Draper, English actress
• December 15, 1997 – Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player