The Phoenix lights – a series of UFOs – are seen by hundreds in Phoenix, Arizona (Mar 13), the first space burial takes place (Apr 21), Jeanne Calment, probably the oldest person ever, dies at age of 122 years and 164 days (Aug 4), Princess Diana is killed in a car accident in Paris, France (Aug 31), the death of Mother Teresa a few days later is shadowed by it (Sep 5), the Cassini-Huygens probe is launched to Saturn (Oct 15) – and all these fine people were born:
1997-0101 Oliver Helander* javelin thrower – Finland
1997-0113 Connor McDavid* hockey player – Richmond Hill, ON Canada
1997-0114 Julius Nättinen* hockey player – Jyväskylä, Finland
1997-0122 Yume Miyamoto* 宮本侑芽 actress/voice actress – Fukuoka, Japan
1997-0129 Joel Eriksson Ek* hockey player – Karlstad, Sweden
1997-0129 Jack Roslovic* hockey player – Columbus, OH USA
1997-0210 Chloë Grace Moretz* actress – Atlanta, GA USA
1997-0225 Brock Boeser* hockey player – Burnsville, MN USA-a
1997-0308 Iréne Ekelund* Swedish sprinter – Pakistan-a
1997-0317 Katie Ledecky* swimmer – Washington, D.C. USA-a
1997-0328 Sebastian Samuelsson* biathlete – Katrineholm, Sweden
1997-0410 Claire Wineland* activist/entrepreneur/author – Austin, TX USA (2018/21)
1997-0418 Matthias Blübaum* chess grandmaster – Lemgo, Germany-a
1997-0505 Mitchell Marner* hockey player – Markham, ON Canada
1997-0506 Jonas Siegenthaler* hockey player – Zürich, Switzerland-a
1997-0515 Ousmane Dembélé* football player – Vernon, France
1997-0519 Oliver Kylington* hockey player – Stockholm, Sweden
1997-0522 Lauri Markkanen* basketball player – Vantaa, Finland
1997-0526 Mathew Barzal* hockey player – Coquitlam, BC Canada
1997-0611 Charlie Tahan* actor – Glen Rock, NJ USA
1997-0615 Albert Gudmundsson* football player – Reykjavik, Iceland
1997-0617 KJ Apa* actor – Auckland, New Zealand
1997-0719 Zach Werenski* hockey player – Grosse Point, MI USA-a
1997-0726 Sebastian Aho* hockey player – Rauma, Finland
1997-0726 Ewa Swoboda* athlete/sprinter – Zory, Poland-a
1997-0805 Olivia Holt* actress/singer – Germantown, TN USA-a
1997-0810 Kylie Jenner* socialite – Los Angeles, CA USA
1997-0917 Auston Matthews* hockey player – San Ramon, CA USA
1997-0927 Christopher Schwarzenegger* son of A.S. – Los Angeles, CA USA-a
1997-0930 Max Verstappen* Dutch racing driver – Hasselt, Belgium
1997-1002 Joseph Baena* son of Arnold Schwarzenegger – Los Angeles, CA USA-a
1997-1016 Charles Leclerc* racing driver – Monte Carlo, Monaco
1997-1016 Naomi Osaka* 大坂 なおみ tennis player – Osaka, Japan
1997-1031 Sanni Hakala* hockey player – Jyväskylä, Finland
1997-1031 Sydney Park* actress/comedian – Philadelphia, PA USA-a
1997-1031 Marcus Rashford* football player – Wythenshawe, Manchester, England
1997-1031 Holly Taylor* actress (The Americans) – Middleton, NS Canada
1997-1101 Max Burkholder* actor/voice actor – Los Angeles, CA USA-a
1997-1103 Diana Silvers* actress – Los Angeles, CA USA-a
1997-1129 William Byron* racing driver – Charlotte, NC USA-a
1997-1129 Ronja Savolainen* hockey player – Helsinki, Finland
1997-1203 Hayley Okines* progeria activist – Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England (2015/17)
1997-1224 Neeraj Chopra* javelin thrower – Khandra, Haryana, India
Updated 5.6.2019
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