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Shane Peter McClanahan is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2020 and was an All-Star in 2022…
Shane McClanahan, American baseball player
Denzel Nehemiah Ward is an American professional football cornerback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State B…
Denzel Ward, American football player
Lucas Simon Pierre Tousart is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Brest. He has also represented France internationally, having played for t…
Lucas Tousart, French footballer
Adam Ryczkowski is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a winger for III liga club Legia Warsaw II.
Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
Miles Adam Sanders, nicknamed "Boobie Miles", is an American professional football running back and kick returner. He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of…
Miles Sanders, American football player
The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span international bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron, Michigan, United States, and Point Edward, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Wat…
The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
The Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre took place on August 2, 1997. This massacre occurred between two villages near Arib in the wilaya of Tipaza and Ain Defla, Algeria. Around 100…
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
Korean Air Flight 801 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Gu…
Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam, killing 229 of the 254 people on board.
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transpor…
Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,…
Fine Air Flight 101 was a scheduled cargo flight from Miami International Airport to Las Américas International Airport, operated by Douglas DC-8 N27UA, that crashed almost immedia…
Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
The largest of the Souhane massacres occurred in the small mountain town of Souhane on 20–21 August 1997. 64 people were killed, and 15 women were kidnapped; the resulting terror t…
Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.
Kunpimook Bhuwakul, known professionally as BamBam, is a Thai rapper and singer based in South Korea, and a member of the South Korean boy band Got7.
BamBam, Thai singer
Sidney Royel Selby III, better known by his stage name Desiigner, is an American rapper and singer. He is best known for his 2015 debut single "Panda", which topped the Billboard H…
Desiigner, American rapper
Dwayne Haskins Jr. was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons. He played college football for the Ohio Sta…
Dwayne Haskins, American football player (died 2022)
Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker …
Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
Vietnam Airlines is the flag carrier of Vietnam. The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered …
Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, started on Saturday 6 September 1997 at 9:08 am in London, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey started tolling to signal the departure…
The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets and 21⁄2…
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 was a charter flight from Labuan to Bandar Seri Begawan and Miri, operated by Merpati Intan on behalf of Royal Brunei Airlines. On 6 September 1997…
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 crashes in the Lambir Hills National Park while on approach to Miri Airport in…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
Logan Keith Gilbert is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021 and was an All-Star in 2024.
Logan Gilbert, American baseball player
Mitchell Daniel Marner is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fourth o…
Mitch Marner, Canadian hockey player
Ranz Kyle Viniel Evidente Ongsee, better known as Ranz Kyle, is a Filipino actor, dancer, singer, and social media personality. He is known for his dance covers with his half-siste…
Ranz Kyle, Filipino social media personality and entertainer
Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina is a Russian-born Australian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, achieve…
Daria Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
Youri Marion A. Tielemans is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and captains the Belgium national team.
Youri Tielemans, Belgian footballer