Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

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

Mar 11   On this day in history san Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch   

Mar 14   In the year 1997 fred Zinnemann (director), dies of heart attack at 89   

Mar 14   On this day in history iranian military plane crashes, killing 80   

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

Mar 15   In the year 1997 gail Davis, ( Annie Oakley), dies at 72   

Mar 16   In the year 1997 donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship   

Mar 17   In the year 1997 cNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   In the year 1997 russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die   

Mar 18   In the year 1997 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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 19   In the year 1997 supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments   

Mar 19   In the year 1997 willem De Kooning, artists (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92   

Mar 20   In the year 1997 tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive   

Mar 21   On this day in history world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)   

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1997 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   On this day in history 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   Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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   On this day in history martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray   

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   In the year 1997 "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   On this day in history jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1997 ian Peter Leslie Smith, journalist, dies at 52   

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 on this day in history.