In history, year 1997 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1997.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|
| 02 january | The Howard Stern Rduio showed premiers in Columbus. Ohio is on WBZX 99.7 FM. |
| 03 january | Eddo Brands of Zimbabwe takes ODI HAT-TRICKS vs. England at Harare. |
| 05 january | The famous show “Show Boat” closed at Gershurin Theatre New York city. |
| 06 january | The famous show “It's a slippery slope” finally ends at Vivian Beaumont Theatre New York city. |
| 10 january | The 18th United Negro College raises its funds. This will be broadcasted on Jan 17th. |
| 10 january | Arnoldo Aleman swears in as President of Nicaragua. |
| 10 january | 1000 lire new coin released by Italy shows divided Germany on map. |
| 12 january | Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championship and it was a good victory for him. |
| 16 january | Anthony Stuart, the Australian cricketer took ODI hat-trick against Pakistan at MCG . |
| 17 january | Dennis Rodman was suspended from NBA and charged a cash of $25000 as he kicked a cameraman. |
| 20 january | The newly discovered comet Hale-Bopp crossed Mars orbit at 6:00 PM. |
| 20 january | Pakistan defeated West Indies 2-0 thereby winning one-day Australian series. |
| 21 january | The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined. |
| 23 january | Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. |
| 24 january | Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette won the 24th American music award. |
| 26 january | Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya in 85th Australian Mens Tennis by 62, 63, 63. |
| 27 january | Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette won the 24th American Music Award. |
| 02 february | Marko’ Meara won the award for pebble beach national golf pro - am. |
| 03 february | Howard Stern Radio show premieres to be in Detroit, Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM radio. |
| 04 february | Margaret Albright, the secretary of US announced that she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish. |
| 05 february | Brook Lee from Hawaii has been crowned as 46th miss USA. |
| 06 february | O. J. Simpson found it liable in murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson. |
| 07 february | US and Russia announced summit set on March 20 to 21 for Helsinki. |
| 09 february | Deddue Reynold who was a renowned comedian was awarded the 11th American comedy award held in 1997. |
| 10 february | 5th Annual ESPY awards took place on this day. |
| 11 february | Bill Paralls becomes the head coach of New York Jets. |
| 13 february | The Hubble Telescope was captured by Discovery. |
| 15 february | Todd Eldridge won the US Male Figure Skating Championship. |
| 16 february | Paul Stokowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open. |
| 17 february | Carl Sagan Public Memorial was inaugurated at Pasadena California. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 05 February | Patrick Roberts / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 07 February | Nicolò Barella / Footballer / Italy |
| 08 March | Jurina Matsui / Actress / Japan |
| 09 November | Matthew Fisher / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 10 March | Julia Barretto / Actress / Philippines |
| 11 January | Cody Simpson / Writer / Australia |
| 11 April | Miriam Kolodziejová / Tennis Player / Czech Republic |
| 12 July | Daniel Lawrence / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 13 January | Connor McDavid / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 13 January | Ivan Provorov / Ice Hockey Player / Russia |
| 16 December | Zara Larsson / Singer / Sweden |
| 17 March | Katie Ledecky / Swimmer / United States of America |
| 21 May | Viktoria Petryk / Singer / Ukraine |
| 21 May | Ivan De Santis / Footballer / Italy |
| 23 May | Coy Craft / Footballer / United States of America |
| 24 April | Veronika Kudermetova / Tennis Player / Russia |
| 24 April | Lydia Ko / Golfer / New Zealand |
| 25 February | Isabelle Fuhrman / Actress / United States of America |
| 30 June | Iryna Shymanovich / Tennis Player / Belarus |
| 31 October | Marcus Rashford / Footballer / United Kingdom |