Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.  

Mar 11   San Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch in the year 1997.  

Mar 14   Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 in the year 1997.  

Mar 14   President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery in the year 1997.  

Mar 15   Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Mar 16   Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship in the year 1997.  

Mar 17   In the year 1997 cNN begins Spanish broadcasts  

Mar 18   Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die in the year 1997.  

Mar 18   Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi on this day in history.  

Mar 19   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   In the year 1997 world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)  

Mar 22   In the year 1997 comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)  

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   In the year 1997 69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win  

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

Mar 24   Australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law in the year 1997.  

Mar 25   On this day in history roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies  

Mar 25   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 in the year 1997.  

Mar 26   NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan in the year 1997.  

Mar 27   In the year 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta", opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances  

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

Mar 27   Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray in the year 1997.  

Mar 29   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1997.  

Mar 31   Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Pioneer 10, ends its mission in the year 1997.  

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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   Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1997 andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72  

Jan 06   Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89 in the year 1997.  

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