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December 19, 1997

On December 19, 1997, silkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104. The year's #1 song was "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John. Asa Butterfield, Álex Palou, Claire Wineland would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

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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What happened

On December 19, 1997

  1. 1997 SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.

    1997 aircraft crash in Indonesia

    SilkAir Flight 185 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by a Boeing 737-300 from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Changi Airport in Singapore that crashed into the Musi River near Palembang, Sumatra, on 19 December 1997, killing all 97 passengers and 7 crew members on board.

Arrivals

Born on December 19, 1997

Gabriel Magalhães 1997– Brazilian footballer (born 1997)
Fikayo Tomori 1997– English footballer (born 1997)

Farewells

Died on December 19, 1997

Sara Northrup Hollister American occultist (1924–1997)
Masaru Ibuka Japanese businessman (1908–1997)
Jimmy Rogers American Chicago blues musician (1924–1997)

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Other moments from 1997

The class of 1997

Others born in 1997

Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor
Álex Palou 1997– Spanish racing driver
Claire Wineland 1997– American activist and author (died 2018)
Mateo Cassierra 1997– Colombian footballer
Kyle Walker-Peters 1997– English footballer
D. J. Moore 1997– American football player

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