Historical Events In 1997

Feb 12 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement

Feb 05 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund

Feb 24 Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)

Feb 28 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia

Feb 09 Scotty Bowman, is first NHL coach to win 1,000 games

Feb 16 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history

Feb 04 73 Israelis die when army copters collide

Feb 19 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls &711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls

Feb 07 US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21

Feb 23 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch

Feb 09 11th American Comedy Award Debbie Reynolds

Feb 04 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish

Feb 11 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches

Feb 23 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building & kills 1

Feb 23 Scottish scientists announce the successful cloning of an adult mammal ("Dolly" the lamb).

Feb 28 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45

Feb 15 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski

Feb 19 Chinese Communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping dies.

Feb 11 Celine Dion receives an award for her 50 millionth record sold

Feb 06 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm

Feb 10 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991

Feb 14 Abitibi-Price and Stone-Consolidated announce a $2.3 billion merger, creating the world's largest newsprint maker

Feb 27 Divorces become legal in Ireland.

Feb 05 Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)

Feb 04 In Turkmenistan-Iran Border Region a 6.8 earthquate occured. At least 88 people killed, nearly 2,000 injured, about 5,500 houses destroyed and 11,000 houses damaged in the Bojnurd-Shirvan area, Iran

Feb 04 A civil jury finds O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ronald Goldman.

Feb 08 Jean-Luc Brassard wins gold medal in free-style skiing at the World Championships in Nagano

Feb 03 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM

Feb 13 Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope

Feb 26 39th Grammy Awards Change the World Babyface, Beck & LeAnn Rimes win

Feb 10 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)

Apr 03 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical", opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance

Apr 04 DMSP Titan 2 launched

Apr 11 In Southern Xinjiang, China a 6.2 earthquake occurred, at least 9 people killed, 89 injured, 100,000 homeless, thousands of buildings destroyed and 11,000 livestock killed in Jiashi County

Apr 04 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs

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