Page 5: 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 in the year 1997.   

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

Mar 14   Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   In the year 1997 president Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery   

Mar 15   On this day in history gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72   

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   On this day in history willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92   

Mar 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments   

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   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) in the year 1997.   

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

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

Mar 23   Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title in the year 1997.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 25   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1997 39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp)   

Mar 27   On this day in history martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray   

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   In the year 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV   

Mar 31   Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

« 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 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 in the year 1997.   

Jan 06   On this day in history ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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.