Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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

Mar 16   Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1997 supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments   

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 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1997.   

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

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

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 in the year 1997.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan on this day in history.   

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   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   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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75   

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   In the year 1997 andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72   

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

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

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