21. фебруар 1997. је био петак под знаком звездице ♓. Био је 51 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 29 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био субота, 21. фебруар 2026., пре 111 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је недеља, 21. фебруар 2027., за 253 дана. Живели сте 10.703 дана, или око 256.886 сати, или око 15.413.176 минута, или око 924.790.560 секунди.
Date: 22 February 1997
Sharp Healthcare, nonprofit hospital chain, backs out of joint-venture agreement with Columbia/HCA Corp; California Atty Gen Daniel E Lungren challenged deal, which would have added four hospitals to Columbia chain; Lungren maintains that Columbia would be underpaying for its share of Sharp's assets (S)
Date: 21 February 1997
Placer Dome Inc cancels takeover bid, valued at $6.74 billion (Canadian), or $5 billion (US), for Bre-X Minerals Ltd (S)
Date: 22 February 1997
Jacor Communications Inc will sell investment in News Corp for $44.9 million and use money to buy radio station (S)
Date: 22 February 1997
Archer Daniels Midland Co completes its purchase of W R Grace & Company's cocoa business for about $470 million in cash and assumed debt (S)
Date: 21 February 1997
Stock of NHP Inc soars more than 29 percent after Apartment Investment and Management Co agrees to buy 53 percent stake in the company for $138 million in cash and stock (S)
Date: 21 February 1997
American Airlines, principal subsidiary of AMR Corp, will delay deliveries of first of more than 100 planes ordered from Boeing Co because of dispute with its pilots' union; delay could affect as many as 25 aircraft scheduled for delivery beginning in early 1998, mostly 737's; total order, worth about $6 billion, was to be delivered between 1998 and 2002 but is contingent upon American's obtaining a contract with pilots (S)
Date: 22 February 1997
Mafco Holdings will buy 15 percent of Mafco Consolidated Group that is held by public and take full control of cigar maker; Mafco Holdings will pay $33.50 a share, or $114 million, for Mafco Consolidated (S)
Date: 22 February 1997
Shares of Physician Corp of America fall 44 percent after company announces it will take $80 million fourth-quarter charge that would jeopardize its pending purchase by Sierra Health Services Inc (S)
Date: 21 February 1997
Johnson Controls Inc reaches tentative contract with United Auto Workers union, bringing end to 24-day strike that disrupted production at Ford Motor Co; contract covers about 500 workers at seat assembly plants in Plymouth and Oberlin, Ohio (S)
Date: 22 February 1997
United Grain Growers Ltd rejects $172 million hostile takeover bid by Alberta Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators, calling offer 'totally inadequate' (S)