Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II in the year 1997.   

Mar 11   On this day in history 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   In the year 1997 iranian military plane crashes, killing 80   

Mar 14   President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery in the year 1997.   

Mar 15   In the year 1997 gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72   

Mar 16   In the year 1997 donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship   

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 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   On this day in history supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments   

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

Mar 20   In the year 1997 tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive   

Mar 21   In the year 1997 world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)   

Mar 22   In the year 1997 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   17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins in the year 1997.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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   In the year 1997 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 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   On this day in history 39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp)   

Mar 27   Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray on this day in history.   

Mar 29   In the year 1997 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   On this day in history eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74   

Mar 31   "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72 in the year 1997.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89   

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