Page 5: 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   On this day in history fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89   

Mar 14   Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history 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   Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship in the year 1997.   

Mar 17   CNN begins Spanish broadcasts in the year 1997.   

Mar 18   In the year 1997 russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die   

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 in the year 1997.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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

Mar 19   In the year 1997 willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92   

Mar 20   On this day in history tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive   

Mar 21   World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia) on this day in history.   

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   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   69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win on this day in history.   

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   Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1997 nHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan   

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

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 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 in the year 1997.   

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   On this day in history edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76   

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 in the year 1997.   

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   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   On this day in history desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89   

Jan 08   Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68 in the year 1997.