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September 14, 1997
On September 14, 1997, eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. 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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Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
The 12833 / 12834 Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express is a superfast express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Howrah and Ahmedabad Junction in India.
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Around 1997
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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On September 14, 1997
- 1997 — Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Arrivals
Born on September 14, 1997
Benjamin Ingrosso 1997– Swedish singer and songwriter
Dominic Solanke 1997– English footballer (born 1997) Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1997
The class of 1997
Others born in 1997
AB Asa Butterfield 1997– English actor ÁP Álex Palou 1997– Spanish racing driver
CW Claire Wineland 1997– American activist and author (died 2018)
MC Mateo Cassierra 1997– Colombian footballer
KW Kyle Walker-Peters 1997– English footballer
DJ D. J. Moore 1997– American football player
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