1997

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From left, clockwise: the movie set of Titanic, the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris. 1997 Events Collage.png
From left, clockwise: the movie set of Titanic , the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century; Golden Bauhinia Square, where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China; the Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Germany; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam, killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash in Paris.
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1997 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1997
MCMXCVII
Ab urbe condita 2750
Armenian calendar 1446
ԹՎ ՌՆԽԶ
Assyrian calendar 6747
Baháʼí calendar 153–154
Balinese saka calendar 1918–1919
Bengali calendar 1403–1404
Berber calendar 2947
British Regnal year 45  Eliz. 2   46  Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2541
Burmese calendar 1359
Byzantine calendar 7505–7506
Chinese calendar 丙子年 (Fire  Rat)
4694 or 4487
     to 
丁丑年 (Fire  Ox)
4695 or 4488
Coptic calendar 1713–1714
Discordian calendar 3163
Ethiopian calendar 1989–1990
Hebrew calendar 5757–5758
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2053–2054
 - Shaka Samvat 1918–1919
 - Kali Yuga 5097–5098
Holocene calendar 11997
Igbo calendar 997–998
Iranian calendar 1375–1376
Islamic calendar 1417–1418
Japanese calendar Heisei 9
(平成9年)
Javanese calendar 1929–1930
Juche calendar 86
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4330
Minguo calendar ROC 86
民國86年
Nanakshahi calendar 529
Thai solar calendar 2540
Tibetan calendar 阳火鼠年
(male Fire-Rat)
2123 or 1742 or 970
     to 
阴火牛年
(female Fire-Ox)
2124 or 1743 or 971
Unix time 852076800 – 883612799

1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.

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