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Events on the year of 1997 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1997 Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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01 Jan 1997 Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization.
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02 Jan 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
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03 Jan 1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV
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03 Jan 1997 Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare
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03 Jan 1997 Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs. England 3-0
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03 Jan 1997 China announces it will spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.
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05 Jan 1997 "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont, New York City
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05 Jan 1997 "Love Thy Neighbor, " closes at Booth Theater, New York City
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05 Jan 1997 "Show Boat, " closes at Gershwin Theater, New York City
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07 Jan 1997 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House
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09 Jan 1997 Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
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10 Jan 1997 "Rehersal, " closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
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10 Jan 1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight"
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10 Jan 1997 Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as President of Nicaragua
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10 Jan 1997 Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map
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10 Jan 1997 Dow Corning provides $2.95 billion to settle breast implant suits
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10 Jan 1997 "Rehearsal" closes at Criterion Theater New York City NY
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10 Jan 1997 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered Comet 1997 A1
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11 Jan 1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
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11 Jan 1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International
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11 Jan 1997 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins
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12 Jan 1997 HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey)
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12 Jan 1997 Wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament Of Champions
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12 Jan 1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
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12 Jan 1997 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
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12 Jan 1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
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12 Jan 1997 HAL becomes operational (2001: A Space Odyssey); this date was given as January 12, 1992 on screen, but 1997 is the date used in both the novel and screenplay
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12 Jan 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
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12 Jan 1997 17th United Negro College Fund raises
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15 Jan 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station
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15 Jan 1997 Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin
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16 Jan 1997 Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Australia vs Pakistan, MCG
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17 Jan 1997 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
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17 Jan 1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman
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18 Jan 1997 Børge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
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18 Jan 1997 In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill three Spanish aid workers, three soldiers and seriously wound one other.
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18 Jan 1997 47th NHL All-Star Game East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena
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19 Jan 1997 Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
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19 Jan 1997 Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural
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19 Jan 1997 Cerebral Palsy telethon
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19 Jan 1997 54th Golden Globes English Patient, Brenda Blethyn & Geoffrey Rush
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20 Jan 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit
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20 Jan 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
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20 Jan 1997 Pakistan defeats West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series
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21 Jan 1997 The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
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22 Jan 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful
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23 Jan 1997 Greek serial killer Antonis Daglis is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others.
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23 Jan 1997 Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
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25 Jan 1997 71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)
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26 Jan 1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances
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26 Jan 1997 Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat NE Patriots, 35-21 in Pasadena
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26 Jan 1997 "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City NY after 308 performances
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26 Jan 1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63)
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26 Jan 1997 Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant
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26 Jan 1997 Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, Green Bay, Kick Returner
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27 Jan 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, " opens at Gershwin, New York City
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27 Jan 1997 24th American Music Award Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win
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30 Jan 1997 Minuteman III launches
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02 Feb 1997 "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin, New York City
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02 Feb 1997 NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT)
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02 Feb 1997 Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic
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03 Feb 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca, New York
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03 Feb 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM
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04 Feb 1997 Sec of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
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04 Feb 1997 73 Israelis die when army copters collide
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04 Feb 1997 Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals
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04 Feb 1997 OJ Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson
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04 Feb 1997 After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
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04 Feb 1997 En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
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05 Feb 1997 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund
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05 Feb 1997 Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe)
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05 Feb 1997 The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
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06 Feb 1997 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm
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07 Feb 1997 US and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21
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09 Feb 1997 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds
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09 Feb 1997 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland
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09 Feb 1997 Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history
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09 Feb 1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am
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09 Feb 1997 LG Senior Golf Championship
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09 Feb 1997 Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am
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09 Feb 1997 Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games
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10 Feb 1997 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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10 Feb 1997 5th annual ESPY Awards presented
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10 Feb 1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
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10 Feb 1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
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10 Feb 1997 O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages
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10 Feb 1997 Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR
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11 Feb 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
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11 Feb 1997 Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets
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11 Feb 1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches
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12 Feb 1997 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement
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13 Feb 1997 "Three Sisters, " opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
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13 Feb 1997 "Three Sisters" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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13 Feb 1997 Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope
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15 Feb 1997 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski
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15 Feb 1997 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge
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16 Feb 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
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16 Feb 1997 GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic
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16 Feb 1997 Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open
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16 Feb 1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship
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17 Feb 1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena, California
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17 Feb 1997 Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter
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19 Feb 1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls & 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
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20 Feb 1997 "Stanley" opens at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
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20 Feb 1997 "Stanley" opens at Circle in Square Theater NYC
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20 Feb 1997 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9 million 2 year contract
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21 Feb 1997 "Empire Strikes Back, special edition, " premieres
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21 Feb 1997 STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands
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22 Feb 1997 In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
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22 Feb 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
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23 Feb 1997 Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly"
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23 Feb 1997 Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building & kills 1
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23 Feb 1997 American Express Senior Golf Invitational
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23 Feb 1997 Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic
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23 Feb 1997 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List", completely uncensored, 65 million watch
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23 Feb 1997 Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic
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24 Feb 1997 Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died February 19th)
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24 Feb 1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp
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25 Feb 1997 Yi Han-yong, a North Korean defector, was murdered by unidentified assailants in Bundang, South Korea.
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26 Feb 1997 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins
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27 Feb 1997 "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater, New York City
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27 Feb 1997 "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC
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27 Feb 1997 Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a cop
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28 Feb 1997 Military coup in Turkey
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28 Feb 1997 GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
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28 Feb 1997 The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
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28 Feb 1997 An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
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28 Feb 1997 Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45
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28 Feb 1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
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28 Feb 1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
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01 Mar 1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert, " opens at Lyceum Theater, New York City
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01 Mar 1997 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV
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02 Mar 1997 Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters
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02 Mar 1997 Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
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02 Mar 1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple
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02 Mar 1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
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03 Mar 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM
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03 Mar 1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
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04 Mar 1997 Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
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04 Mar 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU)
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04 Mar 1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research
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04 Mar 1997 Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia)
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05 Mar 1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame
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07 Mar 1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards
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07 Mar 1997 Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site
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09 Mar 1997 Senior Golf Slam
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09 Mar 1997 Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open
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09 Mar 1997 Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
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11 Mar 1997 Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen
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11 Mar 1997 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
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11 Mar 1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space
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11 Mar 1997 Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II
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11 Mar 1997 San Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch
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13 Mar 1997 The Phoenix Lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
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13 Mar 1997 India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
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14 Mar 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch
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14 Mar 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80
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14 Mar 1997 Olympics gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award
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14 Mar 1997 President Clinton trips & tears up his knee requiring surgery
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15 Mar 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals
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16 Mar 1997 Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship
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16 Mar 1997 New Jersey Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals
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16 Mar 1997 Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic
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16 Mar 1997 Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
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17 Mar 1997 CNN begins Spanish broadcasts
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18 Mar 1997 The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.
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18 Mar 1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
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19 Mar 1997 Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER)
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19 Mar 1997 Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi
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19 Mar 1997 Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments
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20 Mar 1997 "Play On!, " opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances
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20 Mar 1997 Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN)
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20 Mar 1997 Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive
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21 Mar 1997 World Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Russia)
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21 Mar 1997 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (Germany)
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21 Mar 1997 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)
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21 Mar 1997 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (Canada)
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21 Mar 1997 Wrestlemania XIII
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22 Mar 1997 "Sunset Boulevard, " closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances
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22 Mar 1997 Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)
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22 Mar 1997 The Comet Hale–Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
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22 Mar 1997 Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
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22 Mar 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
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23 Mar 1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert, " closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
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23 Mar 1997 Wins Standard Register PING
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23 Mar 1997 "Mandy Patinkin in Concert" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC
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23 Mar 1997 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins
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23 Mar 1997 Laura Davies wins Standard Register PING Golf Tournament
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23 Mar 1997 Liberty Legends of Senior Golf
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23 Mar 1997 Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational
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23 Mar 1997 Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title
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24 Mar 1997 69th Academy Awards - "English Patient, " T Cruise and Brenda Blythen win
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24 Mar 1997 69th Academy Awards: "The English Patient", Tom Cruise & Frances McDormand win
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24 Mar 1997 Australian parliament overturns world's 1st & only euthanasia law
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25 Mar 1997 "Barrymore, " opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
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25 Mar 1997 Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice
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26 Mar 1997 "Annie, " opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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26 Mar 1997 Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
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26 Mar 1997 "Annie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
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26 Mar 1997 NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan
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27 Mar 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta, " opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances
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27 Mar 1997 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp)
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27 Mar 1997 Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray
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28 Mar 1997 "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV
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29 Mar 1997 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition)
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29 Mar 1997 Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
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29 Mar 1997 PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
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30 Mar 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59
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30 Mar 1997 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
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30 Mar 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
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30 Mar 1997 Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
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31 Mar 1997 "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
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31 Mar 1997 59th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Arizona beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT)
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31 Mar 1997 Pioneer 10, ends its mission
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01 Apr 1997 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch
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01 Apr 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU)
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01 Apr 1997 Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
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03 Apr 1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical, " opens at Royale NYC for 109 performances
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03 Apr 1997 The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
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04 Apr 1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
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04 Apr 1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
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04 Apr 1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
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04 Apr 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
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05 Apr 1997 Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7)
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06 Apr 1997 "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
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06 Apr 1997 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins
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06 Apr 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge
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06 Apr 1997 Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic
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06 Apr 1997 Progress M-34 Launch (Russia)
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06 Apr 1997 Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic
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07 Apr 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM
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08 Apr 1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), lands
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09 Apr 1997 Cleveland Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape
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09 Apr 1997 Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion
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09 Apr 1997 NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl"
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13 Apr 1997 "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances
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13 Apr 1997 Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
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13 Apr 1997 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city - San Francisco Giants vs New York Mets & Oakland A's vs New York Yankees in New York
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13 Apr 1997 48th time opposing pitchers hit homeruns, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes
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13 Apr 1997 61st Golf Masters Championship Tiger Woods at 21 (270-18 under par)
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13 Apr 1997 Hartford Whalers last NHL game
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13 Apr 1997 NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game
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13 Apr 1997 Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header
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15 Apr 1997 America OnLine, begins service in Japan
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15 Apr 1997 Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams
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15 Apr 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM
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16 Apr 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul MN on WRQC 100.3 FM
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17 Apr 1997 John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker
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17 Apr 1997 New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game
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19 Apr 1997 The 1997 Red River Flood overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
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19 Apr 1997 Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International
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19 Apr 1997 San Diego Padres & St Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii
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20 Apr 1997 "Gin Game, " opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
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20 Apr 1997 "Present Laughter, " closes at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
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20 Apr 1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader
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20 Apr 1997 Cubs beat the New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games
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20 Apr 1997 Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic
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20 Apr 1997 PGA Seniors Championship
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20 Apr 1997 1st baseball game in Hawaii, St Louis Cardinals beat San Diego Padres in doubleheader
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20 Apr 1997 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682
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20 Apr 1997 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship Hale Irwin
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20 Apr 1997 Chicago Cubs beat New York Mets ending National League worst opening, lost 14 straight games
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20 Apr 1997 DL Coburn's "Gin Game", opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances
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20 Apr 1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International
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20 Apr 1997 Mark McGwire, is 4th to homerun on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder)
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20 Apr 1997 Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic
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20 Apr 1997 PGA Seniors Championship; Hale Irwin wins
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21 Apr 1997 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34
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21 Apr 1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23
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21 Apr 1997 Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
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22 Apr 1997 The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru.
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22 Apr 1997 Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
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23 Apr 1997 "Titanic, " opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City
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23 Apr 1997 Omaria massacre in Algeria: Forty-two villagers are killed.
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23 Apr 1997 "Titanic", opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
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23 Apr 1997 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards LeAnn Rines, Brooks & Dunn win
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24 Apr 1997 "Steel Peer, " opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances
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25 Apr 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th homerun
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26 Apr 1997 "Life, " opens at Barrymore Theater, New York City
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26 Apr 1997 "Life", opens at Barrymore Theater NYC
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27 Apr 1997 "Little Foxes, " opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances
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27 Apr 1997 "Stanley, " closes at Circle in the Square Theater, New York City
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27 Apr 1997 "Stanley" closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC
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27 Apr 1997 Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks
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27 Apr 1997 Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn
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27 Apr 1997 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
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28 Apr 1997 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater, New York City
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28 Apr 1997 "Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC
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29 Apr 1997 "Candide, " opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances
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29 Apr 1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
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29 Apr 1997 Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 homeruns
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30 Apr 1997 "London Assurance, " opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances
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30 Apr 1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay
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30 Apr 1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay
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30 Apr 1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April
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30 Apr 1997 Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes
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30 Apr 1997 President Bill Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College
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30 Apr 1997 Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt
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30 Apr 1997 Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April
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01 May 1997 Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of the UK
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02 May 1997 Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating
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02 May 1997 Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber
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02 May 1997 Police arrest transsexual hooker Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy
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02 May 1997 Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders
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03 May 1997 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3
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03 May 1997 ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen
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03 May 1997 Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
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04 May 1997 Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open
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04 May 1997 Sprint Titleholders LPGA Championship
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04 May 1997 Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship
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05 May 1997 "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV
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05 May 1997 Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful
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06 May 1997 Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape
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06 May 1997 Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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06 May 1997 NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes
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06 May 1997 Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics
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06 May 1997 The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
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07 May 1997 Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants
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07 May 1997 Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8)
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08 May 1997 Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village
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08 May 1997 A China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
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09 May 1997 1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
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09 May 1997 San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
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10 May 1997 The Maeslantkering, a storm surge barrier in the Netherlands that is one of the world's largest moving structures, is opened by Queen Beatrix.
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10 May 1997 A 7.3 Mw earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.
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10 May 1997 Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Fransisco Giants)
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11 May 1997 "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances
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11 May 1997 Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
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11 May 1997 New York Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
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11 May 1997 Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational
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11 May 1997 Sara Lee LPGA Classic
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11 May 1997 Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic
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11 May 1997 Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic
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12 May 1997 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea
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12 May 1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox
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12 May 1997 Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
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12 May 1997 Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
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12 May 1997 Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami
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13 May 1997 Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
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14 May 1997 Baseball's Exec Council suspends New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner
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15 May 1997 The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
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15 May 1997 ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com
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15 May 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission
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16 May 1997 Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
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16 May 1997 Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings
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16 May 1997 Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA
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16 May 1997 Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe
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16 May 1997 Expos trailing San Fransisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13
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16 May 1997 St Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits
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17 May 1997 Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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17 May 1997 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54
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17 May 1997 Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London
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17 May 1997 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom
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18 May 1997 "King David, " opens at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
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18 May 1997 "King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
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18 May 1997 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson
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18 May 1997 Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic
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18 May 1997 Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic
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19 May 1997 The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
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20 May 1997 Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed
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20 May 1997 Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful
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20 May 1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time
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21 May 1997 Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time
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22 May 1997 Kelly Flinn, the US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court-martial.
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23 May 1997 "King David, " closes at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
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23 May 1997 "King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC
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23 May 1997 Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV
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24 May 1997 Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Michigan
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24 May 1997 STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands
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24 May 1997 Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful
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25 May 1997 Indianapolis 500 race
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25 May 1997 Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games
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25 May 1997 A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
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25 May 1997 Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic
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25 May 1997 David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Fort Worth TX
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25 May 1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform #
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25 May 1997 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic
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26 May 1997 Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park homeruns
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27 May 1997 Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500
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27 May 1997 The unusual tornado outbreak in Jarrell, Texas.
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27 May 1997 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.
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27 May 1997 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole
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27 May 1997 Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract
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27 May 1997 Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28 million
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27 May 1997 Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault
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27 May 1997 Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO
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28 May 1997 Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28
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28 May 1997 Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis
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28 May 1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight
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28 May 1997 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time
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29 May 1997 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym
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29 May 1997 Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
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29 May 1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
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30 May 1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson
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30 May 1997 Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
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31 May 1997 "Once Upon a Matress, " closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 187 performances
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31 May 1997 Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150 meter race
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01 Jun 1997 1st New York Women Film Festival opens
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01 Jun 1997 51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win
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01 Jun 1997 Ameritech Senior Golf Open
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01 Jun 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic
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01 Jun 1997 Heartland LPGA Classic
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01 Jun 1997 Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village Country Club - 14 under par
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02 Jun 1997 Liberals beat Conservatives in France
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02 Jun 1997 Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Okla City bombing, killing 168
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02 Jun 1997 In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was executed four years later.
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06 Jun 1997 Prom Mom incident: While attending her senior prom in Lacey Township, New Jersey, Melissa Drexler gives birth in a bathroom stall, leaves the baby to die in a trash can and then returns to the prom.
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07 Jun 1997 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8
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07 Jun 1997 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62)
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07 Jun 1997 Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed
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07 Jun 1997 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers
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08 Jun 1997 "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 85 performances
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08 Jun 1997 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62)
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08 Jun 1997 BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland
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08 Jun 1997 Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic
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09 Jun 1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
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09 Jun 1997 Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland Athletics in 1st inning
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10 Jun 1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
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10 Jun 1997 Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0
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10 Jun 1997 Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
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12 Jun 1997 1st ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
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12 Jun 1997 MTV Movie Awards
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12 Jun 1997 Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
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13 Jun 1997 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2
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13 Jun 1997 Jurors in Okla City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death
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13 Jun 1997 Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash
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13 Jun 1997 A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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15 Jun 1997 "Little Foxes, " closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 performances
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15 Jun 1997 97th US Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 276 Congressional Country Club - Bethesda, Maryland
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15 Jun 1997 British model Naomi Campbell, hospitalized on drug overdose
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15 Jun 1997 Danielle Ammaccapane wins Edina Realty LPGA Classic
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15 Jun 1997 Du Mauier Senior Golf Champions
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16 Jun 1997 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes
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17 Jun 1997 NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 and Minneapolis-St Paul and Columbus, Ohio in 2000
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19 Jun 1997 "Forever Tango!, " opens at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
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20 Jun 1997 Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry
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21 Jun 1997 "Defending the Caveman, " closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 671 performances
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21 Jun 1997 35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st
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22 Jun 1997 Nationwide Senior Golf Championship
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22 Jun 1997 Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International
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22 Jun 1997 World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24
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23 Jun 1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts
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24 Jun 1997 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot HR
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24 Jun 1997 Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom
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24 Jun 1997 Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland Athletics but loses
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25 Jun 1997 Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9)
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25 Jun 1997 Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful
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25 Jun 1997 J C Penney / LPGA Skins Game
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25 Jun 1997 Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
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25 Jun 1997 NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minn-St Paul
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25 Jun 1997 Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station
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25 Jun 1997 An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
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26 Jun 1997 Galileo, Ganymede Observations (Orbit 9)
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26 Jun 1997 Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law
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26 Jun 1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban
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26 Jun 1997 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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28 Jun 1997 "Master Class, " closes at Golden Theater NYC after 601 performances
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28 Jun 1997 "Steel Peer, " closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 76 performances
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28 Jun 1997 TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant
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28 Jun 1997 Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
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29 Jun 1997 "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances
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29 Jun 1997 "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 performances
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29 Jun 1997 18th US Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh
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29 Jun 1997 Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic
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29 Jun 1997 Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic
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29 Jun 1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
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30 Jun 1997 Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks
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30 Jun 1997 The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
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01 Jul 1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield
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01 Jul 1997 STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit
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01 Jul 1997 UK returns Hong Kong to China
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01 Jul 1997 China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.
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03 Jul 1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
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04 Jul 1997 US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
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04 Jul 1997 NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
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05 Jul 1997 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna
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05 Jul 1997 New York Yanks withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre
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06 Jul 1997 "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical, " closes at Royale NYC after 109 performances
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06 Jul 1997 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64)
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06 Jul 1997 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
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06 Jul 1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Classic
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06 Jul 1997 Wimbledon Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat N Arendt and M Bollegraf
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06 Jul 1997 The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
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07 Jul 1997 The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
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08 Jul 1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
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08 Jul 1997 NATO invites Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic to join
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10 Jul 1997 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
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10 Jul 1997 RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads
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10 Jul 1997 In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
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10 Jul 1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
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12 Jul 1997 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit
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12 Jul 1997 Pirates Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn
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13 Jul 1997 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
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13 Jul 1997 David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265
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13 Jul 1997 Ford Senior Players Golf Championship
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13 Jul 1997 Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77
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14 Jul 1997 Bomb in Algiers kills 21 andwounds 40
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15 Jul 1997 In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
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16 Jul 1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
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17 Jul 1997 STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands
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19 Jul 1997 The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
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20 Jul 1997 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon
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20 Jul 1997 American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272
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20 Jul 1997 Burnet Senior Golf Classic
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20 Jul 1997 Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic
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20 Jul 1997 The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
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21 Jul 1997 200-year-old USS Constitution sails under its own power
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21 Jul 1997 New York Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault
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22 Jul 1997 Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
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22 Jul 1997 The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
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23 Jul 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
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23 Jul 1997 Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
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25 Jul 1997 Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby
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25 Jul 1997 Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas
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25 Jul 1997 QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs
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25 Jul 1997 Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling
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25 Jul 1997 Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in New York City
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27 Jul 1997 "Candide, " closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
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27 Jul 1997 "Victor / Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances
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27 Jul 1997 Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship
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27 Jul 1997 Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267)
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27 Jul 1997 Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
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28 Jul 1997 Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks
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28 Jul 1997 Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion
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29 Jul 1997 US Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club - Illinois
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30 Jul 1997 Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14
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03 Aug 1997 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins
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03 Aug 1997 BankBoston Senior Golf Classic
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03 Aug 1997 Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO
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03 Aug 1997 Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
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04 Aug 1997 "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show, " premieres on Fox TV
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05 Aug 1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive
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05 Aug 1997 Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial
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05 Aug 1997 Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched
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06 Aug 1997 Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc
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06 Aug 1997 NHL Nashville Tenn names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach
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06 Aug 1997 Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam. (228 died, 26 lived)
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07 Aug 1997 STS 85 (Discovery 23) launches into orbit
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08 Aug 1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox
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09 Aug 1997 Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by NYC police
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10 Aug 1997 36th Walker Cup: US, 18-6
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10 Aug 1997 Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine
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10 Aug 1997 Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal
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10 Aug 1997 Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic
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10 Aug 1997 Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf
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11 Aug 1997 Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday
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13 Aug 1997 Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees
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13 Aug 1997 SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
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14 Aug 1997 "1776, " opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
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14 Aug 1997 Convicted Okla City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death
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14 Aug 1997 Okla Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh
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14 Aug 1997 Soyuz TM-25 lands
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15 Aug 1997 Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR
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15 Aug 1997 Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts
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16 Aug 1997 For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia)
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17 Aug 1997 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot Golf Club
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17 Aug 1997 First of America Senior Golf Classic
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19 Aug 1997 New York Yank 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs. Anaheim
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19 Aug 1997 STS 85 (Discovery 23) lands
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20 Aug 1997 Shelly Moore, 18, of Tenn, crowned 15th Miss Teen USA
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21 Aug 1997 Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China
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21 Aug 1997 US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
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24 Aug 1997 97th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel
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24 Aug 1997 Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic
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24 Aug 1997 Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273
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24 Aug 1997 Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265
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28 Aug 1997 Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes
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29 Aug 1997 At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
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30 Aug 1997 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat the New York Liberty
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30 Aug 1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 mph serves in a match (US Open)
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31 Aug 1997 "Gin Game, " closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances
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31 Aug 1997 Last episode of Rolanda airs
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31 Aug 1997 Pittsburgh Senior Golf Classic
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31 Aug 1997 Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 268
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31 Aug 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
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01 Sep 1997 Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan
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01 Sep 1997 Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic
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01 Sep 1997 The death of Diana, Princess of Wales is announced by Buckingham Palace.
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02 Sep 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM
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03 Sep 1997 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
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04 Sep 1997 14th MTV Awards
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04 Sep 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM
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05 Sep 1997 Larry King weds Shawn Southwick
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05 Sep 1997 Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game
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06 Sep 1997 The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
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07 Sep 1997 111th US Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64)
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07 Sep 1997 117th US Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75)
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07 Sep 1997 Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic
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07 Sep 1997 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
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07 Sep 1997 Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
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07 Sep 1997 Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275
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09 Sep 1997 Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmament
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10 Sep 1997 36th Walker Cup
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10 Sep 1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million
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10 Sep 1997 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
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10 Sep 1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consecutive years
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11 Sep 1997 NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
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11 Sep 1997 After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
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11 Sep 1997 Fourteen Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea.
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12 Sep 1997 New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle
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13 Sep 1997 Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998
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14 Sep 1997 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
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14 Sep 1997 Bank One Senior Golf Classic
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14 Sep 1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Classic
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14 Sep 1997 Loren Roberts wins CVS Charity Golf Classic with a 266
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15 Sep 1997 Edison International purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M
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15 Sep 1997 Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000
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16 Sep 1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA
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16 Sep 1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO
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16 Sep 1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $26M
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18 Sep 1997 Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
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18 Sep 1997 Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN
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18 Sep 1997 United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
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18 Sep 1997 Al-Qaeda carried out a terrorist attack in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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19 Sep 1997 Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
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20 Sep 1997 Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
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21 Sep 1997 Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip
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21 Sep 1997 Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium
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21 Sep 1997 New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR
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21 Sep 1997 Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271
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22 Sep 1997 Elton John releases Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind 1997"
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22 Sep 1997 Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual charges
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23 Sep 1997 Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258)
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24 Sep 1997 31st Country Music Association Award
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25 Sep 1997 "ER" is performed live on TV
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25 Sep 1997 Marv Albert plea bargains in assault case
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25 Sep 1997 STS 86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit
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25 Sep 1997 WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington DC franchises
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26 Sep 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997
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26 Sep 1997 A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
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26 Sep 1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
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27 Sep 1997 Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
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28 Sep 1997 Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic
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28 Sep 1997 Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
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28 Sep 1997 Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
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29 Sep 1997 Jury selection in Terry Nichols Okla bombing trial begins
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30 Sep 1997 Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
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01 Oct 1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
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01 Oct 1997 Spice Hot premieres on cable
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02 Oct 1997 Amsterdam Treaty on European Union is signed.
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03 Oct 1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
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03 Oct 1997 Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan
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04 Oct 1997 Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales
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04 Oct 1997 The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.
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05 Oct 1997 35th Tennis Federation Cup: France beats Netherlands 4-1 in Den Bosch (Netherlands)
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05 Oct 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA CoreStates Betsy King Classic
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05 Oct 1997 STS 86 (Atlantis 20) lands
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05 Oct 1997 Vantage Senior Golf Championship
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09 Oct 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league
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09 Oct 1997 Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico
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09 Oct 1997 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo
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09 Oct 1997 New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties
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10 Oct 1997 An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
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11 Oct 1997 Dennis Rodman returns from 2nd longest NBA suspension (11 games)
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12 Oct 1997 David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club
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12 Oct 1997 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship
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12 Oct 1997 Transamerica Senior Golf
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12 Oct 1997 Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria that killed 43 at a fake roadblock.
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14 Oct 1997 Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS
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15 Oct 1997 Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS
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15 Oct 1997 Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud
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15 Oct 1997 New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988
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15 Oct 1997 US launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn
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15 Oct 1997 The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), exactly 50 years and one day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere.
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15 Oct 1997 The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
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16 Oct 1997 "Side Show, " opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances
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19 Oct 1997 "Annie, " closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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19 Oct 1997 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
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19 Oct 1997 David Duval wins Walt Disney World / Oldsmobile Golf Classic
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19 Oct 1997 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Senior Golf Classic
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20 Oct 1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
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20 Oct 1997 US accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers
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21 Oct 1997 Cleveland Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17)
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22 Oct 1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
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22 Oct 1997 Cleveland Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games
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22 Oct 1997 Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon
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22 Oct 1997 Larry Flynt sells Hustler in a non-zoned area of Cincinnati
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22 Oct 1997 New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconscious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her
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22 Oct 1997 Yahoo completes purchase of Four11
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23 Oct 1997 "Triumph of Love, " opens at Royale Theater, New York City
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23 Oct 1997 At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a black out
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23 Oct 1997 Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts
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24 Oct 1997 Marv Albert sentenced in assault case
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25 Oct 1997 After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
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26 Oct 1997 Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational
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26 Oct 1997 Nichirei LPGA International
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26 Oct 1997 World Series: Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
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27 Oct 1997 Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161
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27 Oct 1997 Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million
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27 Oct 1997 Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference"
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27 Oct 1997 US releases a redesigned $50 bill
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27 Oct 1997 October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.
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28 Oct 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
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30 Oct 1997 "Cherry Orchard, " opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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30 Oct 1997 Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured
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02 Nov 1997 Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
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02 Nov 1997 USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International
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02 Nov 1997 "Barrymore, " closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 240 performances
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02 Nov 1997 27th NYC Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43
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02 Nov 1997 28th NYC Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12
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02 Nov 1997 Ralphs Senior Golf Classic
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02 Nov 1997 Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup
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03 Nov 1997 Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year
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03 Nov 1997 California law ends affirmative-action
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03 Nov 1997 David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club
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03 Nov 1997 Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year
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03 Nov 1997 The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
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05 Nov 1997 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year
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05 Nov 1997 French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages
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06 Nov 1997 "Proposals, " opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
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06 Nov 1997 San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year
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07 Nov 1997 "Bean" opens in US
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08 Nov 1997 Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild
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09 Nov 1997 "Cherry Orchard, " closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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09 Nov 1997 "Scarlet Pimpernel, " opens at Minskoff Theater, New York City
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09 Nov 1997 Energizer Senior Golf Tour Championship
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09 Nov 1997 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
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09 Nov 1997 Toray Japan Queens Cup
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10 Nov 1997 "Jackie - An American Life, " opens at Belasco Theater, New York City
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10 Nov 1997 Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud and time served
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10 Nov 1997 Nanny Louise Woodward, murder sentenced downgrade to manslaughter
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11 Nov 1997 CBS News anchor Dan Rather has renewed his contract to 2002
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11 Nov 1997 Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award
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11 Nov 1997 WNBA expands to Detroit and Washington DC
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12 Nov 1997 Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004
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12 Nov 1997 Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award
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13 Nov 1997 "Lion King, " opens at New Amsterdam Theater, New York City
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13 Nov 1997 Ken Griffey Jr unanimously wins AL MVP
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13 Nov 1997 UN pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq
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14 Nov 1997 Colorado Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP
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15 Nov 1997 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards
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15 Nov 1997 William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd
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16 Nov 1997 "1776, " closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
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16 Nov 1997 CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchewan, 47-23
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17 Nov 1997 Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame
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18 Nov 1997 Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
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18 Nov 1997 FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
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18 Nov 1997 Gary Glitter arrested by British police in child porn probe
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18 Nov 1997 Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
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18 Nov 1997 Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women, " sold for $4,182,500
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19 Nov 1997 "Eugene Onegin, " opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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19 Nov 1997 "Old Neighborhood, " opens at Booth Theater, New York City
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19 Nov 1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit
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20 Nov 1997 Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley
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20 Nov 1997 Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals
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20 Nov 1997 New York Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak
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23 Nov 1997 Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
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23 Nov 1997 Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ
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24 Nov 1997 "Street Corner Symphony, " opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 performances
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25 Nov 1997 US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia
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27 Nov 1997 Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria.
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28 Nov 1997 Final episode of "Beavis & Butt-head, " on MTV
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29 Nov 1997 USAir Arena closes, hosting Washington Wizards
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30 Nov 1997 "Eugene Onegin, " closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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30 Nov 1997 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps US in Gothenburg (5-0)
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01 Dec 1997 GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo
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01 Dec 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
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01 Dec 1997 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
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01 Dec 1997 In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
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02 Dec 1997 MCI Center opens in Washington DC, Wizards vs. SuperSonics
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03 Dec 1997 "1776, " opens at Gershwin Theater, New York City
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03 Dec 1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo
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03 Dec 1997 In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
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04 Dec 1997 "Diary of Anne Frank, " opens at Music Box Theater, New York City
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04 Dec 1997 NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
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05 Dec 1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
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06 Dec 1997 A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
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07 Dec 1997 Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic
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08 Dec 1997 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win
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11 Dec 1997 "Sunshine Boys, " opens at Lyceum Theater, New York City
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11 Dec 1997 The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
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11 Dec 1997 "Sunshine Boys" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC
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11 Dec 1997 Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows
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12 Dec 1997 Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
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12 Dec 1997 TWA 800 hearings end
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12 Dec 1997 Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him
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12 Dec 1997 Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
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12 Dec 1997 Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH
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12 Dec 1997 Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract
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12 Dec 1997 SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Florida, freeing 2 young hostages
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12 Dec 1997 TWA 800 hearings end in Baltimore MD
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13 Dec 1997 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB)
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14 Dec 1997 "View From the Bridge, " opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
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14 Dec 1997 "View From the Bridge" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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14 Dec 1997 Diners Club Senior Golf Match
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14 Dec 1997 Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches
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14 Dec 1997 Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals
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15 Dec 1997 Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
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15 Dec 1997 San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16
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16 Dec 1997 President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"
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17 Dec 1997 The British Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 comes into force, banning all handguns with the exception of antique and show weapons.
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18 Dec 1997 HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
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19 Dec 1997 MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy
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19 Dec 1997 SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
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21 Dec 1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
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21 Dec 1997 Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game
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21 Dec 1997 Lexus Senior Golf Challenge
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21 Dec 1997 Wendy's Three-Tour LPGA Challenge
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21 Dec 1997 Wendy's Three-Tour Senior Golf Challenges
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22 Dec 1997 Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on February 5
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22 Dec 1997 Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
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22 Dec 1997 Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
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22 Dec 1997 Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
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22 Dec 1997 Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA
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23 Dec 1997 Chicago Bull coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games)
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23 Dec 1997 Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals
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23 Dec 1997 Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing
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23 Dec 1997 US Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
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23 Dec 1997 Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow
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24 Dec 1997 The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50–100 people.
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24 Dec 1997 1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City
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25 Dec 1997 For 1st time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion
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25 Dec 1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
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26 Dec 1997 The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
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27 Dec 1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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28 Dec 1997 Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship
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29 Dec 1997 Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
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29 Dec 1997 Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30
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29 Dec 1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
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29 Dec 1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care
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29 Dec 1997 Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China
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30 Dec 1997 In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed.
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30 Dec 1997 An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt
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31 Dec 1997 South African and US surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head
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31 Dec 1997 Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268
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31 Dec 1997 Marv Levy retires as coach of Buffalo Bills
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31 Dec 1997 Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service
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31 Dec 1997 More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809
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31 Dec 1997 Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba
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