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 .
Top Historical Events of 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.
Famous birthdays in the year 1997: Date/Month Name / Profession / Country 02 March Babar Iqbal / Computer Programmer / Pakistan 03 October Jin Boyang / Figure Skater / China 03 February Paige Mary Hourigan / Tennis Player / New Zealand 04 November Bea Binene / Actress / Philippines 10 February Chloë Grace Moretz / Actress / United States of America 10 March Belinda Bencic / Tennis Player / Switzerland 11 April Georgia Bohl / Swimmer / Australia 12 July Daniel Lawrence / Cricketer / United Kingdom 14 March Simone Biles / Gymnast / United States of America 15 June Madison Kocian / Gymnast / United States of America 16 December Zara Larsson / Singer / Sweden 17 March Katie Ledecky / Swimmer / United States of America 21 June Derrius Guice / Footballer / United States of America 23 May Gustaf Nilsson / Footballer / Sweden 23 May Coy Craft / Footballer / United States of America 24 April Veronika Kudermetova / Tennis Player / Russia 24 April Lydia Ko / Golfer / New Zealand 26 January Gedion Zelalem / Footballer / Germany 28 October Taylor Fritz / Tennis Player / United States of America 31 October Marcus Rashford / Footballer / United Kingdom
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1997: Year Name / Profession / Country 12 April Alka Gupta / Actress / India 14 May Manushi Chhillar / Model / India 30 June Avika Gor / Actress / India 25 January Justice M. Fathima Beevi / Lawyer / India 09 March Darsheel Safary / Actor / India
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