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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 – 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.
• February 28, 1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
• April 13, 1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
• 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.
• April 22, 1997 – Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
• August 3, 1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
• September 6, 1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
• December 3, 1997 – In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People’s Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
• 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?

• February 11, 1997 – Yuumi Shida, Japanese model and actress
• March 2, 1997 – Becky G, American rapper
• April 22, 1997 – Jekalyn Carr, American singer-songwriter
• April 24, 1997 – Lydia Ko, New Zealand golfer
• June 21, 1997 – Ferdinand Zvonimir von Habsburg, Austrian race car driver
• June 26, 1997 – Callum Taylor, English cricketer
• July 7, 1997 – Erina Ikuta, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
• July 19, 1997 – Ohga Tanaka, Japanese actor
• September 24, 1997 – Malaya Watson, American singer
• November 9, 1997 – Matthew Fisher, English cricketer