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Here is a list of events and notable dates concerning the year 1997. You can jump to various months with the toolbar below:

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Back to 1996

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January

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February

• February 6: Harry J. Essex dies (Authors)
• February 13: The Borrowers (movie) opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• February 16: Asteroid (1997 movie) debuts (TV Movies)
• February 21: Lost Highway opens in theaters (Movies)

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March

• March 1: Crime Traveller debuts on BBC (TV Series)
• March 10: Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiers (TV Series)
• March 21: Liar, Liar opens in theaters (Movies)

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April

• April 18: Lexx premiers (TV Series
• April 23: Thomas Carr dies (Director)

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May

• May 6: Téa Leoni weds David Duchovny
• May 9: Nowhere is released (Movies)
• May 13: Homeboys in Outer Space series finale (TV Series)
• May 16: Spawn series debut (TV Series) (Spawn)
• May 25: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction series debut (TV Series)

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June

• June 20: Batman & Robin opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• June 27: Face/Off opens in theaters (Movies)
• June 30: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first Harry Potter book, is first published in the UK (Novels) Harry Potter

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July

• July 2: Men in Black (film) opens in theaters (Movies)
• July 9: Carol Forman dies (Actors) (Superman)

• July 11: Contact opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)
• July 11: A Simple Wish opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)

• July 24: Brian Glover dies (Actors)

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August

• August 1: Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon is published (Novel)
• August 1: Spawn (movie) opens in theaters (Movies)
• August 15: Steel opens in theaters (Movies)
• August 24: Doomsday Rock opens in theaters (Movies)

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September

• September 1:101 Dalmations: The Series debuts (TV series)
• September 13: The New Batman Adventures debuts (TV series)
• September 19: The Visitor (TV series) debuts (TV series)
• September 22: Timecop (TV series) debuts (TV series)
• September 29: Cloned opens in theaters (Movies
• September 30: Night Man series debut (TV series)

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October

• October 16: (fictional) The Jupiter II is launched (Lost in Space) (TV Series)
• October 17: The Devil's Advocate opens in theaters (Movies)
• October 24: Don Messick dies (Voice Artists)
• October 28: House of Frankenstein (1997 movie) (:Category:TV Movies|TV Movies)
• October 31: An American Werewolf in Paris opens in UK theaters (Movies)

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November

• November 1: Sleepwalkers (TV series) debuts on NBC
• November 7: Starship Troopers opens in theaters (Movies)
• November 12: Spacejacked opens in theaters (Movies)
• November 17: H. B. Fyfe dies (Author)
• November 26: Alien Resurrection opens in theaters (Movies)
• November 26: Flubber opens in U.S. theaters (Movies)

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December

• December 23: Stanley Cortez dies (Cinematographers
• December 25: An American Werewolf in Paris opens in US theaters (Movies)

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Ahead to 1998

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