Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

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

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   In the year 1997 cNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   In the year 1997 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   In the year 1997 major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92 in the year 1997.   

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

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

Mar 22   On this day in history comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)   

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

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

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   Australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1997.   

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76   

Mar 31   Pioneer 10, ends its mission in the year 1997.   

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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 in the year 1997.   

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

Jan 06   Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68 on this day in history.