1997 in the United States

Summary

Events from the year 1997 in the United States.

1997
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also:

Incumbents edit

Federal government edit

Events edit

January edit

 
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 edit

March edit

April edit

May edit

June edit

July edit

 
July 21: USS Constitution under sail

August edit

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

September edit

October edit

November edit

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

December edit

  • 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 edit

Births edit

January edit

 
Jake Paul
 
Blueface
 
Jeremy Shada

February edit

 
Bella Poarch

March edit

 
Becky G
 
Camillo Cabello

April edit

 
Katelyn Ohashi

May edit

 
Jake Short

June edit

 
Rebecca Black

July edit

August edit

 
Olivia Holt
 
Kylie Jenner

September edit

 
Jaiden Animations

October edit

 
Bella Thorne
 
Lonzo Ball

November edit

 
Michael Reeves
 
Aubrey Joseph

December edit

 
Maddie Poppe

Full date unknown edit

Deaths edit

January edit

 
Melvin Calvin
 
Clyde Tombaugh

February edit

 
Marjorie Reynolds
 
Ethel Owen

March edit

April edit

 
Allen Ginsberg

May edit

June edit

 
Brian Keith

July edit

 
Robert Mitchum
 
James Stewart

August edit

 
William S. Burroughs

September edit

 
Red Skelton

October edit

 
Arch Johnson
 
John Denver

November edit

 
Joanna Moore

December edit

 
Lillian Disney

See also edit

References edit

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  3. ^ LeTourneau sentence upsets social workers
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  13. ^ Former Trail Blazers player and "gentle soul" Caleb Swanigan dies aged 25
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  18. ^ 33. Antonee Robinson
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  21. ^ Edmonton Elks running back dies after being shot in Memphis, Tenn.
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External links edit

  •   Media related to 1997 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons