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22 February 1997 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 February 1997 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Wannabe” by Spice Girls.
- Top Film of 1997
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1997 was Titanic.
- Bestselling Novel of 1997
- “The Partner” by John Grisham was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1997.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Seinfeld” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1997–98 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 February is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 February 1997 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 February 1997 was Full Moon.
On this day: 22 February
- 1994 Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
- 1995 The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
- 1997 In Roslin, Midlothian, British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
- 2006 At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra, Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war.
- 2006 The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
Famous people born on February 22
- George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (1732–1799)
- James Blunt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1974)
- Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (1962–2006)
- Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1975)
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Events of 1997 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1997 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 28 – North Hollywood shootout: Two heavily armed bank robbers conflict with officers from the Los Angeles Police Department in a mass shootout.
- March 21 – Liar Liar is released in theaters nationwide, later going on to rank as the 7th highest grossing film of the year.
- March 24 – The 69th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Anthony Minghella's The English Patient winning nine awards out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The telecast garners nearly 40.1 million viewers.
Life in the US in 1997
President
Bill Clinton
Gas (per gallon)
$1.23
Loaf of Bread
$1.00
Average House
$146,000
Weekly Wage
$507
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