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   San Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch in the year 1997.   

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   On this day in history president Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery   

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

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

Mar 17   On this day in history cNN begins Spanish broadcasts   

Mar 18   In the year 1997 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1997 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   On this day in history world Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)   

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

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   In the year 1997 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise &Frances McDormand win   

Mar 24   In the year 1997 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Mar 27   39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) in the year 1997.   

Mar 27   On this day in history martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray   

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   Eddie Ryder, actor (Slick Jones-General Hospital), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 31   Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash   

Jan 02   Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history burton Lane, composer, dies at 84   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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.