Historical Events In 1997
Feb 09 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
Feb 23 Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic
Feb 27 "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
Feb 24 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
Feb 21 STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands
Feb 21 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres
Feb 15 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge
Feb 10 Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR
Feb 10 O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages
Feb 23 Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic
Feb 27 Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a cop
Feb 23 American Express Senior Golf Invitational
Feb 28 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
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
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