* 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player ( d. 1997 )

* 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer ( d. 1997 )

* 1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( d. 1997 )

* 1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1997 )

* 1917 – Matt Christopher, American author ( d. 1997 )

* 1929 – Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Greyson Chance, American singer and pianist

* 1912 – Samuel Fuller, American director ( d. 1997 )

* 1946 – Dawn Steel, American film producer ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Joseph Castanon American actor and singer

* 1915 – Walter Trampler, American violist ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1997 )

* 1947 – Kathy Acker, American author ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Tina Amador, American actress

Thus, on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League while their expansion counterparts in Tampa Bay were voted into the American League.

* 1997 – Kylie Jenner, American model

* 1997 – Conlon Nancarrow, American composer ( b. 1912 )

* 1906 – William J. Brennan, American Supreme Court Justice ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician ( b. 1927 )

* 1997 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer ( b. 1922 )

* Rosenfeld, Richard N. American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns: The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It ( 1997 ), clippings from a Republican newspaper

Category: 1997 American television series endings

The character was played by Silvana Mangano in the US production, Ullyses ( 1955 ); by Juliette Mayniel in the European television co-production L ' Odissea ( 1968 ); and by Bernadette Peters in the American TV feature Ulysses ( 1997 ).

* The Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1997

* What You Can Do, What You Can't ( Moon Ska ) ( 1997 )

During the late 1990s, a Third Wave ska revival renewed interest in the band and Bad Manners released Heavy Petting on Moon Ska Records in the United States in 1997.

# Various Artists – A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong ( 1997 )

* 1997: The Toasters covered the song on the Moon Ska Records Christmas compilation album, Christma-Ska.

* The Insyderz track " Weebles " chorus on their 1997 album Motor City Ska says " We're like Weebles, we wobble but we don't stay down "

In 1997, the label branched out to form Ska Satellite Records, in order to produce albums from smaller acts at a lower budget.

* Misfits of Ska Volume 2 ( Asian Man Records, 1997 )

He also contributed to the Rough Guide to Reggae of Steve Barrow and Peter Dalton ( Penguin, 1997 ), A Tapestry of Jamaica ( MacMillan Caribbean, 2003 ), I-Land Reggae: From Heartbeat to Revolution ( Opo, France, 2004 ), Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and Dancehall ( Greenwood, 2006 ), " Les Origins Du Reggae: Retour Aux Sources " ( Harmattan ) and " Keep On Running: The Story of Island Records " ( Island Trading Company, 2009 ).

* Misfits Of Ska II ( 1997, Asian Man Records )

* Punk Goes Ska ( 1997, Stiff Dog Records )

* 1997: Ska: The Instrumentals (" Watermelon Man ")

* Skatalites-Foundation Ska ( 1997 )

Together from 1997 to 2000, their studio albums include Before You Knew Better ( 1998 ) and " The Elements of Transition " ( 1999 ), both released on Moon Ska Records.

After clearing such a move with Moon Ska, The Pietasters signed with Hellcat, a subsidiary of Epitaph Records, and their next album, Willis was recorded and released in 1997.

Motor City Ska is the first album by the Christian third-wave ska band, The Insyderz, and was released 27 July 1997.

* What You Can Do, What You Can't ( Moon Ska ) Apr 1997

* Skankaholics Anonymous ( Moon Ska ) Apr 1997

* New York Beat: Breaking and Entering CD ( 1997, Moon Ska Records 099 )