Historical Events In 1997

Jan 03 Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs England at Harare

Jan 25 A cyclone sweeps across the island nation of Madagascar, spawning floods that leave 100 people missing and thousands homeless

Jan 11 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins

Jan 02 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM

Jan 27 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton &Alanis Morissette win

Jan 12 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated

Jan 10 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map

Jan 30 Minuteman III launches

Jan 15 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station

Jan 15 Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin

Jan 20 President Clinton was inaugurated for his second term in office.

Jan 16 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.

Jan 05 In ocean racing, Montreal solo sailor Gerry Roufs disappears at sea while circumnavigating the Globe.

Jan 30 The Maine Yankee nuclear station has been placed on a U.S. government watch list of plants needing increased regulatory attention. The plant has experienced more than a year ofsafety and maintenance problems.

Jan 22 The Senate confirms President Clinton's nomination of Madeleine Albright, making her the first female secretary of state in U.S. history.

Jan 10 Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as President of Nicaragua

Jan 31 The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, a Nimitz class aircraft carrier with a flight deck the size of three football fields, is paying a courtesy visit to Victoria British Columbia today.

Jan 18 Norway's Boerge Ousland emerges on the Pacific edge of Antarctica to become the first person to cross the continent alone and unaided.

Jan 03 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV

Jan 09 Twenty-nine people are killed when a Comair commuter plane crashes 18 miles from the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Jan 07 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House

Jan 04 Canada wins the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland.

Jan 27 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City NY

Jan 04 Canada wins the World Junior Hockey title in Switzerland.

Jan 27 The weekend rescue of more than 300 anglers from the ice of Lake Simcoe could cost up to 500 000 dollars. The ice fishers were stranded after a 32 kilometre-long pressure crack openedup between them and shore.

Jan 05 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.

Jan 10 Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits

Jan 12 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space

Jan 09 Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital

Jan 20 Pakistan defeats West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series

Jan 21 The full House voted 395-28 to reprimand Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., for violating House rules and misleading congressional investigators looking into his possible misuse of tax-exempt donations for political purposes.

Jan 30 Damage from recent floods in California is pushing the billion dollar mark and could climb higher once final figures are in.

Jan 03 Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs England at Harare

Jan 27 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City NY

Jan 22 A weekend freeze cost Florida farmers at least 100 million dollars in crop losses. Winter vegetables in south Dade County and southwest Florida were hardest hit when temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees in four hours Saturday night

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