BirthOctober 311997

Siobhán Haughey

Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, Hong Kong-Irish swimmer

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When
Friday, October 31 199729 years ago
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Siobhán Haughey

Who they were

Siobhán Bernadette Haughey is a Hong Kong professional competitive swimmer. She became the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals in any sport, after winning silver in the women's 200-metre freestyle and women's 100-metre freestyle during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Siobhán Haughey appears on our October 31 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.

October 31 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1997Siobhán Haughey
  2. 2000Soyuz TM-31
  3. 2000Singapore Airlines Flight 006
  4. 2002Houston
  5. 2003Mahathir Mohamad
  6. 2005Moons of Pluto
  7. 2011World population
  8. 2014VSS Enterprise
  9. 2015Metrojet Flight 9268
  10. 20172017 New York City truck attack
  11. 2020Berlin Brandenburg Airport

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 31 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Friday.

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