BirthMay 231997

Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997)

Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer

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Friday, May 23 199729 years ago
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20th century · 1990s
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Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997)

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Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer

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Gustaf Nilsson (footballer, born 1997) appears on our May 23 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.

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  3. 2008International Court of Justice
  4. 2013Interstate 5 in Washington
  5. 2014Isla Vista attacks
  6. 2015Tornado outbreak and floods of May 23–26, 2015
  7. 2016Islamic State
  8. 2017Rodrigo Duterte
  9. 2021Ryanair Flight 4978
  10. 2021Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash
  11. 2022Anthony Albanese

Also in 1997

  • May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
  • September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
  • September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
  • September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
  • September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
  • September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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May 23 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Friday.

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