1997

Simone Biles (Gymnast, Olympics)

Lamar Jackson (Football player)

Naomi Osaka (Tennis player)

Malala Yousafzai (Pakistani Nobel Peace Laureate)

International Campaign to Ban Land Mines won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Mine Ban Treaty was signed days earlier.

The Mine Ban Treaty was signed by 122 nations in Ottawa, Canada.

Representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at a global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days forged an agreement

The Luxor massacre occurred when Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut killed 62 people in Luxor, Egypt.

France’s Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.

In Scotland, voters approved the establishment of a parliament to run their domestic affairs, after 290 years of union with England.

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