At A Glance
28 June 1997 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 June 1997 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I'll Be Missing You” by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112.
- 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 28 June is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 June 1997 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 June 1997 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 28 June
- 1989 On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
- 1997 Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
- 2001 Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
- 2004 Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
- 2009 Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
Famous people born on June 28
- Elon Musk, South African-born American entrepreneur (born 1971)
- Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547)
- Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
- John Cusack, American actor and screenwriter (born 1966)
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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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