Page 5: Historical Events In 1997

Mar 11   Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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

Mar 16   Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship in the year 1997.   

Mar 17   CNN begins Spanish broadcasts on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments   

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

Mar 20   Tobacco company Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive in the year 1997.   

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

Mar 22   Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 23   17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins in the year 1997.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 26   NHL announce Might Ducks &Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan on this day in history.   

Mar 27   On this day in history "Young Man From Atlanta", opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1997.   

Mar 31   Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76 in the year 1997.   

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   In the year 1997 jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75   

Jan 03   Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1997.   

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 in the year 1997.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1997 carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68