Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1997
Saturday, 27 April 2024
Nov 25 On this day in history charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter), dies of heart attack at 54 
Nov 27 Buck Leonard, Hall of Famer in Negro League, dies at 90 on this day in history.
Nov 28 Netscape disputes browser figures by countering Dataquest's estimates that said that Microsoft was gaining ground in the browser market in the year 1997.
Nov 28 On this day in history online music retailer CDNow filed for an IPO on this day in 1997
Nov 29 Coleman Young, 1st black mayor of a major city, dies at 79 in the year 1997.
Nov 30 On this day in history clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
Dec 03 Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91 in the year 1997.
Dec 04 David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72 on this day in history.
Dec 05 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Dec 05 High-speed modem makers and longtime rivals 3Com and Rockwell International tentatively agreed to end their bitter feud over technical standards on this day in history.
Dec 06 In the year 1997 alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68
Dec 08 The Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake on this day in history.
Dec 08 The Carlton Trail Railway (Omnitrax) takes over the operation of the following CN lines in north western Saskatchewan: Warman Junction to just north of Prince Albert. Speers Junction to Meadow Lake on this day in history.
Dec 09 Natalie Meadowcroft and Dan Meadowcroft are Married in Las Vegas, Nevada. "May their love last forever" on this day in history.
Dec 09 Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91 on this day in history.
Dec 11 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of federal district court issues preliminary injunction forcing Microsoft to stop, at least temporarily, requiring manufacturers to install its Internet Explorer on PCs in the year 1997.
Dec 11 Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 on this day in history.
Dec 14 On this day in history owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99
Dec 15 On this day in history lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
Dec 17 Microsoft and Silicon Graphics Inc ended their conflict over the display of three-dimensional graphics online. The companies had engaged in a long battle over technical standards, which delayed development of graphics technology on this day in history.
Dec 17 Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86 on this day in history.
Dec 18 In the year 1997 chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33
Dec 19 David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 in the year 1997.
Dec 20 On this day in history dawn Steel, film maker (When Harry Met Sally), dies at 51
Dec 21 On this day in history bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76
Dec 22 Coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard in the year 1997.
Dec 22 Coca-Cola went Christmas shopping on this day and came home with a rather hefty present: Orangina, the "sparkling" French beverage formerly owned by Pernod Richard on this day in history.
Dec 22 Dawn Steel, producer/pres (Col TriStar), dies of brain tumor at 51 on this day in history.
Dec 23 On this day in history austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90
Dec 24 Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69 on this day in history.
Dec 26 On this day in history john Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81
Dec 27 On this day in history brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83
Dec 28 George Fleming, cyclist, dies at 80 on this day in history.
Dec 29 In the year 1997 (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82
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