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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 4, 1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
- February 7, 1997 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
- May 16, 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
- June 28, 1997 – Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield’s ear.
- July 22, 1997 – The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
- August 20, 1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
- 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.
- November 3, 1997 – The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
- November 12, 1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- November 17, 1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
Who Were Born On 1997?
- January 10, 1997 – Ayuri Konno, Japanese actress
- January 13, 1997 – Connor McDavid, Canadian hockey player
- March 10, 1997 – Julia Barretto, Filipino actress and singer
- March 27, 1997 – Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan
- June 30, 1997 – Iryna Shymanovich, Belarusian tennis player
- July 7, 1997 – Erina Ikuta, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
- August 5, 1997 – Adam Irigoyen, American actor, rapper, and dancer
- September 30, 1997 – Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
- October 23, 1997 – Daphne Blunt, American actress and singer
- December 3, 1997 – Hayley Okines, English activist (d. 2015)