Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   On this day in history beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II  

Mar 11   In the year 1997 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   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 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   Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi on this day in history.  

Mar 19   On this day in history 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   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   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   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   In the year 1997 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win  

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   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   39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) in the year 1997.  

Mar 27   Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray in the year 1997.  

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   In the year 1997 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   In the year 1997 edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76  

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

Jan 06   Ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52 in the year 1997.  

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 in the year 1997.