In context
- When
- Monday, October 20 199729 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Nguyễn Tiến Linh
At a glance
Born 1997-10-20.
Known as: association football player. Citizenship: Vietnam.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Nguyễn Tiến Linh, Vietnamese footballer
Early life
Early life Nguyễn Tiến Linh was born and raised in the Cẩm Hoàng commune of the Cẩm Giang district, Hải Dương , Northern Vietnam . At the age of 2, his mother moved to South Korea for work, leaving him alone with his father for 7 years. At the age of 6, he followed his father further south to Bình Dương for permanent settlement. His mother returned to Vietnam when he was 9 years old. [ 1 ] Tiến Linh began playing football for his school team. At the age of 13,
Why this date
Nguyễn Tiến Linh appears on our October 20 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
October 20 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1995Space Shuttle Columbia
- 1997Nguyễn Tiến Linh
- 2002Top Gear (2002 TV series)
- 2003Sloan Great Wall
- 2005UNESCO
- 2011Libyan crisis
- 2011Libyan civil war (2011)
- 2017Syrian civil war
- 2022Liz Truss
- 20222022 Chadian protests
- 2024Prabowo Subianto
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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October 20 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Monday.
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