Historical Events In 1997

Sep 22   On this day in history bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76  

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

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

Sep 29   On this day in history milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97  

Sep 30   Male alligator, largest in Florida (14 feet), killed at about 65 in the year 1997.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   Johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82 in the year 1997.  

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

Oct 13   On this day in history adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies  

Oct 14   In the year 1997 harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81  

Oct 15   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 17   On this day in history paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54  

Oct 19   Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 on this day in history.  

Oct 21   Dolph Camilli, Bkln Dodger/MVP (1941), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62 in the year 1997.  

Oct 28   Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71 on this day in history.  

Oct 30   On this day in history sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86  

Nov 01   Tropical Storm Linda (1997) in Vietnam killing 3,123 people in the year 1997.  

Nov 02   G Harry Stine, writer, dies at 69 in the year 1997.  

Nov 04   In the year 1997 george Chambers, PM of Trinidad & Tobago (1981-86), dies  

Nov 06   In the year 1997 phillipo Seed, social work academic, dies at 67  

Nov 10   In the year 1997 william Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81  

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

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

Nov 13   In the year 1997 william John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80  

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

Nov 16   In the year 1997 george Petrie, actor (Honeymooners), dies on 85th birthday  

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

Nov 20   Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana in the year 1997.  

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

Nov 24   On this day in history 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  

Nov 24   On this day in history 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.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1997 graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash  

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   In the year 1997 harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87  

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   In the year 1997 desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89  

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