Historical Events In 1997

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

Mar 11   In the year 1997 san Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch   

Mar 14   On this day in history fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89   

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

Mar 16   On this day in history donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship   

Mar 17   In the year 1997 cNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   On this day in history 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   Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi in the year 1997.   

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   Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92 on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title   

Mar 24   On this day in history 69th Academy Awards "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

Mar 24   69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Australian parliament overturns world's first &only euthanasia law in the year 1997.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 27   In the year 1997 "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   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   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   In the year 1997 pioneer 10, ends its mission   

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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   On this day in history harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87   

Jan 05   On this day in history andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1997 desmond Flower, publisher, dies at 89   

Jan 08   Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68 in the year 1997.