Historical Events In 1997

Aug 07   Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Aug 08   On this day in history duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74  

Aug 10   On this day in history jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43  

Aug 12   Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57 on this day in history.  

Aug 12   The birth of Erwin Schrodinger, Physicist in the year 1997.  

Aug 20   On this day in history hudson Bay Railway, owned by Omnitrax of Denver, Colorado, takes over operation of former CN lines to Flin Flon, Lyn Lake and Churchill.  

Aug 21   On this day in history death of Norris Bradbury, American physicist who led the team charged with assembling the components for the world's first atomic bomb explosion.  

Aug 21   In the year 1997 misael Pastrana Borrero, Pres of Colombia (1970-74), dies  

Aug 23   Eric Gairy, PM of Grenada (1974-79), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 24   In the year 1997 phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90  

Aug 25   Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies on this day in history.  

Aug 29   In the year 1997 dVD's outsell Laserdiscs in the U.S.  

Aug 29   In the year 1997 the Japanese Supreme Court rules the government acted illegally when it deleted from a history textbook references to Japan's deadly experiments on Chinese during World War II.  

Aug 30   On this day in history the world learns of the Paris car crash that killed England's Princess Diana, her husband and Harrod's owner Dodi Fayed, and their driver.  

Aug 31   On this day in history diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36  

Sep 02   Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95 in the year 1997.  

Sep 04   Belle Stewart, singer, dies at 91 in the year 1997.  

Sep 04   Huron Central Railway, owned by Genessee Rail-One, takes over operation of the former CP line between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, Ont in the year 1997.  

Sep 04   RaiLink-Lakeland &Waterways takes over the former CN lines in northeastern Alberta from Boyle to Lynton, near Fort McMurray. Agreement was reached on 2 September, operation commenced on 4 September and formal transfer took place on November 24 in the year 1997.  

Sep 05   Digital Theater Sound (DTS) announces its intentions to enter the DVD market on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   On this day in history humanitarian Mother Teresa dies of a heart attack in Calcutta, India, at age 87.  

Sep 06   Philippe Rossillon, administrator, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history the funeral for Diana, Princess of Wales, is held at London's Westminster Abbey.  

Sep 07   On this day in history alex Macintosh, broadcaster/actor (Hell Fight), dies at 72  

Sep 10   Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky), dies at 88 in the year 1997.  

Sep 16   On this day in history antony Kearey, television producer, dies at 77  

Sep 17   On this day in history jan Peder Syse, PM of Norway (1989-90), dies  

Sep 18   On this day in history harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87  

Sep 19   Clive Brain, educationalist, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59  

Sep 20   In the year 1997 raiLink Southern Ontario takes over the operation of the former CN Hagersville subdivision between Nanticoke and Brantford including the Burford Spur. On December 15 the company took over the former CN Northern and Northwestern Spur.  

Sep 21   On this day in history a volcanic avalanche buries Montserrat's airport and flows into the Atlantic Ocean 5.5km away.  

Sep 21   On this day in history tommy Cecil, ferryman, dies at 51  

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Jan 01   Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash in the year 1997.  

Jan 02   Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 in the year 1997.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1997 harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87  

Jan 05   In the year 1997 andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72  

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

Jan 07   Desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89 in the year 1997.  

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