Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   In the year 1997 beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II   

Mar 11   On this day in history san Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch   

Mar 14   On this day in history fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89   

Mar 14   In the year 1997 iranian military plane crashes, killing 80   

Mar 14   In the year 1997 president Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery   

Mar 15   In the year 1997 gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72   

Mar 16   On this day in history donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship   

Mar 17   In the year 1997 cNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die on this day in history.   

Mar 18   On this day in history willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92   

Mar 19   Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   In the year 1997 police fired tear gas and warning shots in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to quell a protest against the government's plan to use foreign mercenaries to crush a separatist rebellion   

Mar 19   Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   On this day in history willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92   

Mar 20   Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive in the year 1997.   

Mar 21   On this day in history world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)   

Mar 22   Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) in the year 1997.   

Mar 23   On this day in history 17th Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease wins   

Mar 23   In the year 1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins   

Mar 23   In the year 1997 wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title   

Mar 24   69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win in the year 1997.   

Mar 24   On this day in history 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

Mar 24   In the year 1997 australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law   

Mar 25   In the year 1997 roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies   

Mar 25   On this day in history the Australian Senate votes to overturn the Northern Territory's Rights of the Terminally Ill law, the world's only law allowing terminally ill patients to commit suicide with a doctor's help   

Mar 26   NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan on this day in history.   

Mar 27   "Young Man From Atlanta", opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 27   39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) in the year 1997.   

Mar 27   On this day in history martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray   

Mar 29   On this day in history a boat carrying dozens of Albanians seeking refuge in Italy strikes an Italian navy ship and sinks in Adriatic waters, killing at least 52 people.   

Mar 29   In the year 1997 eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74   

Mar 31   "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76 in the year 1997.   

Mar 31   On this day in history pioneer 10, ends its mission   

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Jan 01   Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash in the year 1997.   

Jan 02   On this day in history jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75   

Jan 03   On this day in history burton Lane, composer, dies at 84   

Jan 04   Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87 in the year 1997.   

Jan 05   Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52 in the year 1997.   

Jan 07   Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68