What Happened In March 1997 In History

Historical Events for March, 1997

• 9th » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
• 13th » The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
• 18th » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
• 22nd » The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1997

• 2nd » Becky G, American rapper
• 2nd » Babar Iqbal, Pakistani computer programmer
• 8th » Jurina Matsui, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and SKE48)
• 10th » Julia Barretto, Filipino actress and singer
• 10th » Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
• 14th » Simone Biles, American gymnast
• 17th » Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
• 18th » Ciara Bravo, American actress
• 19th » Rūta Meilutytė, Lithuanian swimmer
• 22nd » María Fernanda Herazo, Colombian tennis player
• 23rd » Aidan Davis, English dancer
• 27th » Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan
• 27th » Princess Sara bint Al Faisal of Jordan

Famous Deaths for March 1997

• 4th » Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (b. 1901)
• 4th » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
• 4th » Edouard Klabinski, Polish cyclist (b. 1920)
• 4th » Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (b. 1914)
• 5th » Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (b. 1909)
• 5th » Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 6th » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)
• 6th » Michael Manley, Jamaican politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)
• 6th » Ursula Torday, British writer (b. 1912)
• 7th » Emanuel Bronner, German-American businessman (b. 1908)
• 7th » Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 9th » Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (b. 1952)
• 9th » The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (Junior M.A.F.I.A.) (b. 1972)
• 9th » Terry Nation, Welsh author and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 10th » LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
• 14th » Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1907)
• 15th » Gail Davis, American actress (b. 1925)
• 15th » Victor Vasarely, Hungarian painter (b. 1906)
• 17th » Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1957)
• 19th » Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter (b. 1904)
• 19th » Eugène Guillevic, French poet (b. 1907)
• 20th » V. S. Pritchett, English author and critic (b. 1900)
• 20th » Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913)
• 21st » Wilbert Awdry, English cleric and author, created 'Thomas the Tank Engine' (b. 1911)
• 24th » Martin Caidin, American author and talk show host (b. 1927)
• 24th » Dr. Bill Miller, American wrestler (b. 1927)
• 29th » Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)

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