Historical Events In 1997

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

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   In the year 1997 iranian military plane crashes, killing 80   

Mar 14   President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery in the year 1997.   

Mar 15   Gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72 in the year 1997.   

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   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   On this day in history major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi   

Mar 19   In the year 1997 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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   On this day in history willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92   

Mar 20   On this day in history tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive   

Mar 21   World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia) on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1997 comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)   

Mar 23   17th Golden Raspberry Awards Striptease wins on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history nHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan   

Mar 27   "Young Man From Atlanta", opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances in the year 1997.   

Mar 27   In the year 1997 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   On this day in history 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   Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74 in the year 1997.   

Mar 31   On this day in history "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV   

Mar 31   In the year 1997 edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76   

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1997 graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash   

Jan 02   In the year 1997 jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75   

Jan 03   In the year 1997 burton Lane, composer, dies at 84   

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

Jan 05   Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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