Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   On this day in history beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II   

Mar 11   In the year 1997 san Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch   

Mar 14   Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89 in the year 1997.   

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   Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72 in the year 1997.   

Mar 16   Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 21   On this day in history world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)   

Mar 22   Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) in the year 1997.   

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

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

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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 24   On this day in history australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law   

Mar 25   Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1997 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   NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray   

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   On this day in history eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74   

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   In the year 1997 pioneer 10, ends its mission   

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Jan 01   On this day in history graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash   

Jan 02   Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1997.   

Jan 04   Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87 in the year 1997.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1997 ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52   

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

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