Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1997
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Sep 22 Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76 in the year 1997. 
Sep 23 "The Adventures of Pinocchio" becomes the first DVD to incorporate DVD video games in the year 1997.
Sep 24 In the year 1997 jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47
Sep 29 Milner Connorton Gray, designer, dies at 97 in the year 1997.
Sep 30 Male alligator, largest in Florida (14 feet), killed at about 65 on this day in history.
Oct 03 Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian, dies at 93 on this day in history.
Oct 05 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71 on this day in history.
Oct 06 On this day in history johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82
Oct 09 Arthur Tracy, radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98 on this day in history.
Oct 13 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies on this day in history.
Oct 14 Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81 in the year 1997.
Oct 15 Near Coast of Central Chile a 7.3 quake resulted in five people killed at Pueblo Nuevo, one person killed at Coquimbo, one person killed at La Chimba and another died of a heart attack at Punitaqui. More than 300 people injured, 5,000 houses destroyed, 5,700 houses severely damaged, another 10,000 slightly damaged in the year 1997.
Oct 15 On this day in history the Cyprus-registered Evoikos and an empty Thai supertanker Orapin Global collide in the Singapore strait, causing the worst oil spill in the country's history
Oct 17 On this day in history paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54
Oct 19 On this day in history glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49
Oct 21 Dolph Camilli, Bkln Dodger/MVP (1941), dies at 90 on this day in history.
Oct 24 Don Messick, cartoon voice (Astro-Jetsons, Bamm Bamm), dies at 62 on this day in history.
Oct 28 Toni Carabillo, writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71 in the year 1997.
Oct 30 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86 in the year 1997.
Nov 01 Tropical Storm Linda (1997) in Vietnam killing 3,123 people on this day in history.
Nov 02 G Harry Stine, writer, dies at 69 in the year 1997.
Nov 04 In the year 1997 george Chambers, PM of Trinidad & Tobago (1981-86), dies
Nov 06 Phillipo Seed, social work academic, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Nov 10 William Alland, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 81 on this day in history.
Nov 11 Quebec Gatineau Railway takes over operation of the former CP Trois Rivieres and Lachute subdivisions between Quebec City and Hull in the year 1997.
Nov 12 In the year 1997 william Matthews, poet, dies at 55
Nov 13 William John Elwyn Davies, painter, dies at 80 in the year 1997.
Nov 15 On this day in history saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
Nov 16 George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners), dies on 85th birthday in the year 1997.
Nov 19 Christina Corrigan, obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13 in the year 1997.
Nov 20 In the year 1997 gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
Nov 21 In the year 1997 ismail Fahmi, external minister of Egypt in (1973-77), dies
Nov 24 In the year 1997 in response to a 554.26 point free fall, New York Stock Exchange officials invoked the "circuit breake" rule and puts a halt to trading
Nov 24 RealNetworks, an Internet pioneer that developed streaming audio and video technology, launched a public offering on this day in 1997. The company, once co-owned by Microsoft and formerly called Progressive Networks, reaped more than $500 million on its first day of trading on this day in history.
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