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November 12, 1997

On November 12, 1997, ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. 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 12, 1997

  1. 1997 Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

    Pakistani terrorist (born 1968)

    Ramzi Ahmed Yousef is a Pakistani convicted terrorist who was one of the main perpetrators and the mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1994 bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434; he was also a co-conspirator in the Bojinka plot.

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Born on November 12, 1997

Dexter Lawrence 1997– American football player (born 1997)

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Died on November 12, 1997

Carlos Surinach American classical composer

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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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