1997 in the United States

Events from the year 1997 in the United States.

1997
in
the United States

Decades:
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Incumbents

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Federal government

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Events

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January

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January 20: Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, begins his second term.
 
January 20: Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, begins his second term.

February

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March

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April

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June

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July

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July 21: USS Constitution under sail

August

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August 6: ATC radio traffic after Korean Air Flight 801 crashed in Guam

September

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October

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November

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November 12: Ramzi Yousef guilty of planning the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

December

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  • December 1 – Michael Carneal opens fire on a prayer group at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing three and injuring five.
  • December 3 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty.
  • December 18 – Comedian and Saturday Night Live actor Chris Farley is found dead from a drug overdose in his apartment on the 60th floor at John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois.
  • December 19 – James Cameron's Titanic, the highest-grossing film of all time until Avatar (2009), premieres in the U.S.

Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Jake Paul
 
Blueface
 
Jeremy Shada

February

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Bella Poarch
 
Kathryn Newton
 
Chloë Grace Moretz
 
Madison Iseman

March

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Becky G
 
Camila Cabello
 
Simone Biles
 
Gideon Adlon

April

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Dominik Mysterio
 
Katelyn Ohashi
 
Jake Short

June

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Kodak Black
 
Rebecca Black

July

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Noah Lyles

August

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Olivia Holt
 
Kylie Jenner

September

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Sydney Sweeney
 
Jaiden Animations

October

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Bella Thorne
 
Lonzo Ball

November

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Michael Reeves
 
Aubrey Joseph

December

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Maddie Poppe
 
Sabrina Ionescu
 
Matthew Tkachuk
 
Maude Apatow
 
DK Metcalf

Full date unknown

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Deaths

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January

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Melvin Calvin
 
Clyde Tombaugh

February

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Marjorie Reynolds
 
Ethel Owen

March

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April

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Allen Ginsberg

June

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Brian Keith

July

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Robert Mitchum
 
James Stewart

August

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William S. Burroughs

September

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Red Skelton

October

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Arch Johnson
 
John Denver

November

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Joanna Moore

December

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Lillian Disney

See also

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References

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  13. ^ Former Trail Blazers player and "gentle soul" Caleb Swanigan dies aged 25
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