Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II in the year 1997.  

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   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   On this day in history gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72  

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

Mar 17   CNN begins Spanish broadcasts on this day in history.  

Mar 18   On this day in history russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die  

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

Mar 19   On this day in history major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92 on this day in history.  

Mar 20   In the year 1997 tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive  

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

Mar 22   Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 23   On this day in history wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title  

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

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

Mar 24   Australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history nHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan  

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

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

Mar 27   Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray on this day in history.  

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

Mar 31   In the year 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV  

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

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   Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1997 carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68