Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II   

Mar 11   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.   

Mar 14   Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80   

Mar 14   President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery   

Mar 15   Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72.   

Mar 16   In this year, Donna Andrews claims LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship   

Mar 17   CNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die.   

Mar 18   Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92   

Mar 19   Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi   

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.   

Mar 19   Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments   

Mar 19   Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92.   

Mar 20   Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive.   

Mar 21   World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Russia).   

Mar 22   Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)   

Mar 23   17th Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease claims.   

Mar 23   17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease claims.   

Mar 23   Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title.   

Mar 24   69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise and Frances McDormand win.   

Mar 24   69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise and Frances McDormand win.   

Mar 24   Australian parliament overturns world's inaugural and only euthanasia law   

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

Mar 25   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 and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan   

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

Mar 27   39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp).   

Mar 27   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   

Mar 29   Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74   

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

Mar 31   Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76   

Mar 31   Pioneer 10, ends its mission   

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Jan 01   Graham kersey: Cricket wicket keeper,   

Jan 02   Jim rodger: Sports writer,    

Jan 03   Burton lane: Composer,    

Jan 04   Harry b helmsley: Owner (empire state building),    

Jan 05   Andre franquin: Cartoonist,    

Jan 06   Ian peter leslie smith: Journalist,   

Jan 07   Desmond flower: Publisher,    

Jan 08   Carole carr: Singer/actress (down among the z men),