1997
From left, clockwise: the movie set of Titanic , the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of the most observed comets of the 20th century ; Golden Bauhinia Square , where sovereignty of Hong Kong is handed over from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China ; the Central European flood kills 114 people in the Czech Republic , Poland , and Germany ; Korean Air Flight 801 crashes during heavy rain on Guam , killing 229; Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner land on Mars ; flowers left outside Kensington Palace following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales , in a car crash in Paris .
Calendar year
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1997 (MCMXCVII ) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium , the 97th year of the 20th century , and the 8th year of the 1990s decade.
Calendar year
Events
January
February
March
March 4 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federal funding for any research on human cloning .
March 7 – In Sri Lanka , the Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill over 100 Sri Lankan troops.
March 13
March 16 – Sandline affair : On Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea , soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International .
March 18 – The tail of a Russian An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey , causing the plane to crash, killing all 50 on board, and resulting in the grounding of all An-24s.
March 21 – In Zaire , Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.
March 22 – The Comet Hale–Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.
March 24 – The 69th Academy Awards , hosted by Billy Crystal , are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles , with The English Patient winning Best Picture . During the event, the DVD format is launched in the United States.
March 24 –26 – In San Diego , 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound.
March 26 – Julius Chan resigns as prime minister of Papua New Guinea, effectively ending the Sandline affair .[8]
April
May
May 1 – Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , as the Labour Party wins the 1997 United Kingdom general election and returns to government for the first time in 18 years.[10]
May 3 – Katrina and the Waves win the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 for the United Kingdom with "Love Shine a Light ".
May 9 – The first genetically modified three-parent baby is born.[11]
May 10 – The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes eastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme ). At least 1,567 were killed and 2,300 were injured.
May 11 – IBM 's Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, the first time a computer beats a chess World champion in a match.
May 12
The Russian–Chechen Peace Treaty is signed.
An F1-rated tornado strikes downtown Miami , causing $525,000 in damages. Pictures and videos of this tornado made news headlines around the world.
May 15 – The United States government acknowledges existence of the "Secret War" in Laos (1953 –1975 ) during the Vietnam War , and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.[12]
May 16
May 17 – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa .
May 21 – Radiohead release OK Computer
May 23
May 25 – A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma .
May 27 – The second-deadliest tornado of the 1990s hits in Jarrell, Texas , killing 27 people.
May 31 – The 13-kilometer Confederation Bridge , the world's longest bridge spanning ice-covered waters, opens between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick , Canada.
June
June 1
June 2 – In Denver , Colorado , Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing .
June 10 – Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief, Son Sen , and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
June 11 – In the United Kingdom, the House of Commons votes for a total ban on handguns .
June 13 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
June 16 – About 50 people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
June 21 – The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA ) plays its first game at The Great Western Forum in Los Angeles.[14]
June 25
June 26 – Bertie Ahern is appointed as the 10th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland and Mary Harney is appointed as the 16th, and first female, Tánaiste , after their parties, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats respectively, win the 1997 General Election .
July
July – The 1997 Central European flood occurs across Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
July 1 – The United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
July 2 – The Bank of Thailand floats the baht , triggering the Asian financial crisis .[15]
July 4 – NASA 's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars .
July 5
July 8 – NATO invites the Czech Republic , Hungary , and Poland to join the alliance in 1999 .
July 10 – In London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton, which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution , placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
July 11 – Thailand 's worst hotel fire at Pattaya kills 90.
July 13 – The remains of Che Guevara are returned to Cuba for burial, alongside some of his comrades. Guevara and his comrades were executed on October 9 1967 in Bolivia .
July 15 – Spree killer Andrew Cunanan shoots fashion designer Gianni Versace dead outside Versace's Miami Beach residence.
July 17 – The F. W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.
July 25 – K. R. Narayanan is sworn in as India's 10th president and the first member of the Dalit caste to hold this office.
July 27 – About 50 are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
July 30 – 18 people are killed in the Thredbo landslide in the Snowy Mountains resort in Australia.
August
September
October
November
November 2 – Severe Tropical Storm Linda devastates southern Vietnam and Thailand , killing 3,275 people.[25]
November 11 – Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom , the largest merger in U.S. history.
November 12 – Mary McAleese is elected the eighth President of Ireland in succession to Mary Robinson , the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected head of state .
November 13 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing .
November 17 – In Luxor , Egypt , 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut .
November 19 – In Des Moines, Iowa , Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.
November 27 – NASA 's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission is launched, the start of the satellite component of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System .
December
December 1 – In the Indian state of Bihar , Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
December 3 – In Ottawa, Ontario , Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines . However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and 32 other nations do not sign and/or ratify the treaty.
December 10 – The capital of Kazakhstan is moved from Almaty to Astana .
December 11 – The Kyoto Protocol is adopted by a United Nations committee .[26]
December 16 – In Japan , over 700 children suffer epileptic attacks after watching an episode of the Pokémon anime.
December 19
December 21 – Brazil beats Australia 6–0 in the Confederations Cup final .
December 24 – 50–100 villagers are killed in the Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria.
December 27 – Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland , inside Long Kesh prison.
December 29 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
December 30 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997 : In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, 400 people from four villages in the wilaya of Relizane are killed.
Births and deaths
Nobel Prizes
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