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February 28, 1997

On February 28, 1997, an earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths. 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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An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.

1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The strike-slip earthquake occurred in northern Iran, near the city of Ardabil.

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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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On February 28, 1997

1997 An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.

Severe earthquake in northern Iran

1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The strike-slip earthquake occurred in northern Iran, near the city of Ardabil.
1997 A Turkish military memorandum results in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey.

Turkish National Security Council memo which led to Prime Minister Erbakan's resignation

The 1997 military memorandum in Turkey refers to a memorandum, in which decisions issued by the Turkish military leadership on a National Security Council meeting on 28 February 1997 resulted in the resignation of Islamist prime minister Necmettin Erbakan of the Welfare Party, and the end of his coalition government.