1997

The year 1997 started on Wednesday, January 1, and ended on Wednesday, December 31. On Monday, June 30, a leap second was inserted.

Calendar with holidays
Holidays:
 * New Year's Day: Wednesday, January 1
 * Epiphany: Monday, January 6
 * Inauguration Day: Monday, January 20
 * Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday, January 20
 * Super Bowl Sunday: Sunday, January 26
 * Groundhog Day: Sunday, February 2
 * Mardi Gras: Tuesday, February 11
 * Ash Wednesday: Wednesday, February 12
 * Lincoln's Birthday: Wednesday, February 12
 * Valentine's Day: Friday, February 14
 * Washington's Birthday: Monday, February 17
 * Pi Day: Friday, March 14
 * Saint Patrick's Day: Monday, March 17
 * Palm Sunday: Sunday, March 23
 * Good Friday: Friday, March 28
 * Easter: Sunday, March 30
 * Cesar Chavez Day: Monday, March 31
 * April Fools' Day: Tuesday, April 1
 * Daylight Saving Time Starts (clocks spring forward): Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 AM, which becomes 3:00 AM
 * Earth Day: Tuesday, April 22
 * Cinco de Mayo: Monday, May 5
 * Mother's Day: Sunday, May 11
 * Armed Forces Day: Saturday, May 17
 * Memorial Day: Monday, May 26
 * Flag Day: Saturday, June 14
 * Father's Day: Sunday, June 15
 * Juneteenth: Thursday, June 19
 * Independence Day: Friday, July 4
 * Labor Day: Monday, September 1
 * National Grandparents' Day: Sunday, September 7
 * Citizenship Day: Wednesday, September 17
 * Columbus Day: Monday, October 13
 * Indigenous Peoples' Day: Monday, October 13
 * Sweetest Day: Saturday, October 18
 * Daylight Saving Time Ends (clocks fall back): Sunday, October 26 at 2:00 AM, which becomes 1:00 AM
 * Halloween: Friday, October 31
 * Election Day: Tuesday, November 4
 * Veterans Day: Tuesday, November 11
 * Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 27
 * Black Friday: Friday, November 28
 * Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Sunday, December 7
 * Christmas Eve: Wednesday, December 24
 * Christmas: Thursday, December 25
 * Kwanzaa: Friday, December 26, 1997, to Thursday, January 1, 1998
 * New Year's Eve: Wednesday, December 31