Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   In the year 1997 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 in the year 1997.  

Mar 14   On this day in history fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89  

Mar 14   On this day in history iranian military plane crashes, killing 80  

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

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   In the year 1997 willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92  

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 in the year 1997.  

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   In the year 1997 world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)  

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

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   Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title 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   In the year 1997 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win  

Mar 24   In the year 1997 australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law  

Mar 25   In the year 1997 roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies  

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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 31   "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV in the year 1997.  

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.  

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Jan 01   Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75  

Jan 03   In the year 1997 burton Lane, composer, dies at 84  

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1997 carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68