Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 in the year 1997.   

Mar 14   President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship in the year 1997.   

Mar 17   On this day in history cNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   On this day in history russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die   

Mar 18   Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92 in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   In the year 1997 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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1997.   

Mar 22   Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) on this day in history.   

Mar 23   17th Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease wins in the year 1997.   

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

Mar 23   Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1997 69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

Mar 24   In the year 1997 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan in the year 1997.   

Mar 27   "Young Man From Atlanta", opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 27   39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) in the year 1997.   

Mar 27   In the year 1997 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   Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74 in the year 1997.   

Mar 31   On this day in history "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   Pioneer 10, ends its mission on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next Page »

Jan 01   Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash in the year 1997.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72   

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   Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68 on this day in history.