1997 in History – What happened in year 1997

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