1997

Centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s - 1990s - 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years:	1994 1995 1996 - 1997 - 1998 1999 2000

1997 is a year in the 20th century. It is a common year. Children born this year are the oldest members of the post-rock generation.

[change] Births

January 10 - Sheldon Leonard, American producer, actor, director
January 17 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
January 19 - James Dickey, American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
January 20 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938)
January 21 - Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch born American celebrity manager (b. 1909)
February 1 - Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1916)
February 2 - Chico Science, Brazilian musician (automobile accident) (b. 1967)
February 5 - Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France
February 11 - Don Porter, actor.
February 19 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China
February 20 - Edmond Yu, medical student
March 9 - The Notorious B.I.G., rapper
March 10 - La Vern Baker, singer
March 14 - Fred Zinnemann, director
March 19 - Willem de Kooning, artist
March 20 - Tony Zale, boxer
April 5 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
April 7 - Georgi Shonin, cosmonaut
April 7 - Witto Aloma, Major League Baseball player (b. 1923)
April 16 - Doris Angleton, American socialite
May 5 - Walter Gotell, actor
May 14 - Harry Blackstone Jr., magician
May 29 - Jeff Buckley, musician (accidental drowning)
September 5 - Mother Teresa

January 3 - NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time
January 8 - Mister Rogers receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
January 9 - Yachtsman Tony Bullimore found alive five days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean
January 16 - Ennis Cosby, the only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California
January 18 - In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
January 19 - Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city
January 20 - Bill Clinton starts his second term as President of the United States
January 21 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first leader of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct
January 22 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female secretary of state after confirmation by the United States Senate.
January 23 - Mir Aimal Kasi receives the death sentence for a 1993 assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters that killed two and wounded three others.
January 27 - It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.
January 28 - Clive Davis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.