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November 10, 1997

On November 10, 1997, worldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time). 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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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 November 10, 1997

  1. 1997 WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

    American telecommunications company (1983–2006)

    MCI, Inc. was a telecommunications company. For a time, it was the second-largest long-distance telephone company in the United States, after AT&T.

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Born on November 10, 1997

Federico Dimarco 1997– Italian footballer (born 1997)
Marios Georgiou 1997– Cypriot artistic gymnast
Maurice Gomis 1997– Bissau-Guinean footballer
Daniel James 1997– Wales international footballer (born 1997)
Joost Klein 1997– Dutch musician (born 1997)
Giovanna Scoccimarro 1997– German judoka (born 1997)
Yuriy Vakulko 1997– Ukrainian footballer

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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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