1997 in the United States

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Events from the year 1997 in the United States.

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January

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

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July

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July 21: USS Constitution under sail

August

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

September

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November

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

December

  • 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.

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Births

January

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Jake Paul
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Blueface
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Jeremy Shada

February

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Kathryn Newton
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Chloë Grace Moretz
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Madison Iseman

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Becky G
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Simone Biles
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Gideon Adlon

April

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Dominik Mysterio
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Katelyn Ohashi

May

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Jake Short

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Kodak Black
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Rebecca Black

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Noah Lyles

August

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Olivia Holt

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Sydney Sweeney
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Jaiden Animations

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Lonzo Ball

November

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Michael Reeves
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Aubrey Joseph

December

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Maddie Poppe
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Sabrina Ionescu
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Matthew Tkachuk
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Maude Apatow
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DK Metcalf

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Deaths

January

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Melvin Calvin
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Clyde Tombaugh

February

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Marjorie Reynolds
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Ethel Owen

March

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Allen Ginsberg

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Brian Keith

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Robert Mitchum
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James Stewart

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William S. Burroughs

September

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Red Skelton

October

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Arch Johnson
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John Denver

November

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Joanna Moore

December

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Lillian Disney

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