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Historical Events In 1997

Monday, 27 October 2025

Jan 02   On this day in history howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   Residents of southern and eastern Ontario are digging out again this morning after another round of snow in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs England at Harare in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs England 3-0  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1997 canada wins the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1997 french trains are diverted to pick up stranded skiers and German rail stations are converted into homeless shelters as the death toll from Europe's longest cold spell in a decade passes 230.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In ocean racing, Montreal solo sailor Gerry Roufs disappears at sea while circumnavigating the Globe on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   In the year 1997 former Toronto Argonauts and LA Kings owner Bruce McNall sentenced to five years, 10 months in prison and ordered to repay $5 million for bank fraud  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Twenty-nine people are killed when a Comair commuter plane crashes 18 miles from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   In the year 1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   In the year 1997 dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   In the year 1997 right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as President of Nicaragua  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   On this day in history 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   On this day in history telstar 401 Satellite Fails  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   In the year 1997 charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   In the year 1997 tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian Mir space station for the first time on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   In the year 1997 chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82 in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   On this day in history a bomb exploded at an Atlanta building housing an abortion clinic. An hour later, after investigators and others had come to the scene, a second bomb went off, injuring six people.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 16   Ennis Cosby, the son of entertainer Bill Cosby, was shot to death while changing a tire on a freeway exit ramp in Los Angeles on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1997 myfanwy Piper, librettist, dies at 85  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1997 norway's Boerge Ousland emerges on the Pacific edge of Antarctica to become the first person to cross the continent alone and unaided.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1997 norwegian Borge Ousland completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica, the first time anyone transversed the continent alone.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   In the year 1997 adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 19   On this day in history two bombs exploded at a Tulsa, Okla., abortion clinic that had been bombed two weeks earlier.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 01   In the year 1997 graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   On this day in history jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1997 burton Lane, composer, dies at 84  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1997 andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52 in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89 in the year 1997.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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