Page 10: Historical Events In 1997
Monday, 15 December 2025
Sep 22 Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76 on this day in history. 


Sep 23 In the year 1997 "The Adventures of Pinocchio" becomes the first DVD to incorporate DVD video games 


Sep 24 Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47 on this day in history. 


Sep 29 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97 on this day in history. 


Sep 30 Male alligator, largest in Florida (14 feet), killed at about 65 on this day in history. 


Oct 03 Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian, dies at 93 on this day in history. 


Oct 05 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71 in the year 1997. 


Oct 06 Johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82 on this day in history. 


Oct 09 In the year 1997 arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 


Oct 13 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies in the year 1997. 


Oct 14 Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81 on this day in history. 


Oct 15 On this day in history near Coast of Central Chile a 7.3 quake resulted in five people killed at Pueblo Nuevo, one person killed at Coquimbo, one person killed at La Chimba and another died of a heart attack at Punitaqui. More than 300 people injured, 5,000 houses destroyed, 5,700 houses severely damaged, another 10,000 slightly damaged 


Oct 15 The Cyprus-registered Evoikos and an empty Thai supertanker Orapin Global collide in the Singapore strait, causing the worst oil spill in the country's history in the year 1997. 


Oct 17 In the year 1997 paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 


Oct 19 On this day in history glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 


Oct 21 In the year 1997 dolph Camilli, Bkln Dodger/MVP (1941), dies at 90 


Oct 24 On this day in history don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62 


Oct 28 Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71 in the year 1997. 


Oct 30 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86 on this day in history. 


Nov 01 Tropical Storm Linda (1997) in Vietnam killing 3,123 people on this day in history. 


Nov 02 In the year 1997 g Harry Stine, writer, dies at 69 


Nov 04 George Chambers, PM of Trinidad & Tobago (1981-86), dies on this day in history. 


Nov 06 Phillipo Seed, social work academic, dies at 67 in the year 1997. 


Nov 10 On this day in history william Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81 


Nov 11 Quebec Gatineau Railway takes over operation of the former CP Trois Rivieres and Lachute subdivisions between Quebec City and Hull in the year 1997. 


Nov 12 In the year 1997 william Matthews, poet, dies at 55 


Nov 13 William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80 on this day in history. 


Nov 15 In the year 1997 saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85 


Nov 16 George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners), dies on 85th birthday on this day in history. 


Nov 19 In the year 1997 christina Corrigan, obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13 


Nov 20 In the year 1997 gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana 


Nov 21 Ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies in the year 1997. 


Nov 24 In response to a 554.26 point free fall, New York Stock Exchange officials invoked the "circuit breake" rule and puts a halt to trading on this day in history. 


Nov 24 RealNetworks, an Internet pioneer that developed streaming audio and video technology, launched a public offering on this day in 1997. The company, once co-owned by Microsoft and formerly called Progressive Networks, reaped more than $500 million on its first day of trading in the year 1997. 


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