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Contents  (full)

1 Events of 1997

-  Jan. ^. Feb. ^. March ^. April

-  May ^. June ^. July  ^.  Aug.

-  Sept. ^. Oct. ^. Nov. ^.  Dec.

-  Undated ^. Ongoing ^. Fictional

2 Births

3 Deaths  -  Designations

4 Nobel prizes -  Templeton Prize

5 See also -  Notes -  External links

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The year 1997 was the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese Zodiac. The Ox ( 丑 ) is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. ... Chinese astrology (占星術 pinyin: zhan4 xing1 shu4; 星學 pinyin: xing1 xue2; 七政四餘 pinyin: qi1 zheng4 si4 yu2; and 果老星宗 pinyin: guo3 lao3 xing1 zong1) is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and...

Events of 1997

January

• January 1 - An off duty Israel soldier identified as Pvt. Noam Friedman, 22, fires at a group of fleeing Palestinians at a vegetable market in Hebron. He was stopped when five other Israeli soldiers tackle him after he injured five Palestinians. He shot at the Palestinians because he felt that "they hate Jews".
• January 9 - Yachtsman Tony Bullimore is found alive, 5 days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean.
• January 10 - Bulgarian Student strike vs government of Jan Videnov
• January 16 - Ennis Cosby, the only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California.

Bill Clinton, who began his second term on January 20

• January 17 - A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
• January 18 - In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound another.
• January 19 - Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
• January 20 - Bill Clinton starts his second term as President of the United States.
• January 21 - Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
• January 22 - Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State after confirmation by the United States Senate.
• January 23 - Mir Aimal Kasi receives the death sentence for a 1993 assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters that killed 2 and wounded 3 others.
• January 26 - The Green Bay Packers win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1967, defeating the New England Patriots 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• January 27 - It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that were stolen by Nazis.

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February

• February 4 - O.J. Simpson is found liable in civil court for the death of Ron Goldman and for the battery of Nicole Brown Simpson. Simpson is ordered to pay $35,000,000 in damages to the families of the 2 victims.
• February 4 - On their way to Lebanon, 2 Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide, killing 73.
• February 4 - After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
• February 4 - Ipswich Town footballer Adam Tanner, who recently failed a drugs test, is banned from football for three months at an FA hearing. Tanner received a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour.
• February 4 - British Home Secretary Michael Howard informs Moors Murderer Myra Hindley that she will never be released from prison. Mr Howard made the decision in agreement with a recommendation made by his predecessor David Waddington in 1990.
• February 5 - The so-called "Big Three" banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
• February 5 - Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter investment banks announce a $10 billion merger.
• February 10 - The United States Army suspends Sgt. Major Gene C. McKinney, its top-ranking enlisted soldier, after hearing allegations of sexual misconduct.
• February 10 - Sandline affair: Australian newspapers publish stories that the government of Papua New Guinea has brought mercenaries onto Bougainville Island.
• February 13 - The Washington Post reports that U.S. Justice Department investigators found evidence the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC may have coordinated financial contributions to the Democratic party in violation of U.S. law. This brings a new dimension to the growing 1996 United States campaign finance controversy.
• February 13 - STS-82: Tune-up and repair work on the Hubble Space Telescope is started by astronauts from Space Shuttle Discovery.
• February 13 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 7,000 for the first time, gaining 60.81 to 7,022.44.
• February 19 - The last of the People's Republic of China's major revolutionaries, Deng Xiaoping, dies at 92 (this is followed by weeks of mourning).
• February 22 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, and was born in July 1996.
• February 23 - A large fire occurs in the Russian space station Mir.
• February 28 - The North Hollywood shootout takes place between 2 heavily armed bank robbers and officers of the Los Angeles Police Department.
• February 28 - WFAA-TV becomes the first TV station in the nation to start broadcasting their newscasts in HDTV on a VHF channel.^[1]

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March

Osaka Dome during the evening.

• March 1 - The Osaka Dome opens in Chiyozaki, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan.
• March 1 - The Nintendo 64 is released in Europe and Australia.
• March 4 - U.S. President Bill Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.
• March 6 - Picasso's Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery (recovered a week later).
• March 6 - In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill more than 200.
• March 9 - Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. is killed in a drive-by shooting.
• March 10 - The main office of Fuji TV moves from Kawadacho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan to Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
• March 11 - An explosion at a nuclear waste reprocessing plant in Japan exposes 35 workers to low-level radioactive contamination, in the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history.
• March 12 - Mikail Markhasev is arrested in Los Angeles, California and charged with shooting Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis Cosby.
• March 13 - India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
• The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China creates a new Chongqing Municipality. It was formerly part of Sichuan.
• The Phoenix Lights over Phoenix, AZ.
• March 16 - Sandline affair - On Bougainville Island, 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, Etienne Tshiksekedi is appointed new prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.
• March 21 - Mercenaries of Sandline International withdraw from Papua New Guinea.
• March 22 - Tara Lipinski, 14, becomes the youngest women's world figure skating champion.
• March 22 - The comet Hale-Bopp makes its closest approach to Earth.
• March 24 - Roberto Sanchez Vilella, the second democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico, dies at age 84.
• March 26 - In San Diego, California, 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound.
• March 26 - The survey of a claimed gold site of Bre-X Minerals in Indonesia reveals it is worthless; Bre-X complains and accuses Internet rumours.
• March 26 - Julius Chan resigns as prime minister of Papua New Guinea, ending the Sandline affair.

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