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August 10, 1997
On August 10, 1997, sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan. 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.
Featured · August 10, 1997
Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 was an aviation accident that killed 16 people on 10 August 1997 in Beigan, Matsu Islands, Fujian, Republic of China.
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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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What happened
On August 10, 1997
- 1997 — Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.
Arrivals
Born on August 10, 1997
Kylie Jenner 1997– American media personality and socialite (born 1997)
Luca Marini 1997– Italian motorcycle racer Farewells
Died on August 10, 1997
Jean-Claude Lauzon Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter
Conlon Nancarrow American-Mexican composer 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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