1997 34601 225867638 2008-07-15T19:47:06Z CalendarWatcher 2292203 remove nn event {{for|the band|1997 (band)}} {{year nav|1997}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1997''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXCVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). The year 1997 was the [[Year of the Ox]] according to the [[Chinese Zodiac]]. {{C20YearTOC|1997|Designations|Templeton Prize}} ==Events of 1997== <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT INTO SEPARATE ARTICLES, please categorize the individual month articles using, for example, as per [[Wikipedia:Categorization#Year_categories]]. --> <!-- The calendar article is: [[common year starting on Wednesday]]. Remove any month-calendars here, such as: {{Month3|1|1|0}}. --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7–9. --> ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|1|2|0}} * [[January 1]] – An off duty [[Israel]]i soldier, Pvt. Noam Friedman, 22, fires at a vegetable market in [[Hebron]], injuring five Palestinians. He claims to have done this because he felt that "they hate [[Jew]]s". * [[January 9]] – Yachtsman [[Tony Bullimore]] is found alive, five days after his boat capsized in the [[Southern Ocean]]. [[Image:Bill Clinton.jpg|thumb|Bill Clinton, who began his second term on January 20]] * [[January 17]] – A [[Delta II]] rocket carrying a military [[GPS]] payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from [[Cape Canaveral]]. * [[January 18]] – In northwest [[Rwanda]], [[Hutu]] militia members kill three Spanish aid workers, three soldiers, and seriously wound another. * [[January 19]] – [[Yasser Arafat]] returns to [[Hebron]] after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled [[West Bank]] city. * [[January 20]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] is inaugurated for his second term. * [[January 21]] – [[Newt Gingrich]] becomes the first [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] to be disciplined internally for ethical misconduct. * [[January 22]] – [[Madeleine Albright]] becomes the first female Secretary of State, after confirmation by the [[United States Senate]]. * [[January 23]] – [[Mir Aimal Kasi]] is sentenced to death for a 1993 assault rifle attack outside [[CIA]] headquarters that killed two and wounded three. * [[January 26]] – The [[Green Bay Packers]] win the [[NFL Championship]] for the first time since [[1967]], defeating the [[New England Patriots]] 35-21 in [[Super Bowl XXXI]] at the [[Louisiana Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. * [[January 27]] – It is revealed that [[France|French]] [[museum]]s had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by [[Nazis]]. ===February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|2|5|0}} * [[February 4]] – [[O.J. Simpson]] is found liable in civil court for the death of [[Ron Goldman]] and for the battery of [[Nicole Brown Simpson]]. Simpson is ordered to pay $35,000,000 in damages to the families of the two victims. * [[February 4]] – On their way to [[Lebanon]], 2 Israeli troop-transport [[helicopter]]s collide, killing 73. * [[February 4]] – After at first contesting the results, [[Serbia]]n President [[Slobodan Milošević]] recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections. * [[February 4]] – [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] footballer Adam Tanner, who had recently failed a [[Drug Testing|drugs test]], is banned from football for three months at an [[The Football Association|FA]] hearing. Some considered this to be a relatively lenient punishment as he had admitted taking drugs at the first attempt and shown remorse for his behaviour. * [[February 4]] – [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Home Secretary]] [[Michael Howard]] informs [[Moors Murderers|Moors Murderer]] [[Myra Hindley]] that she will never be released from prison. Mr Howard made the decision in agreement with a recommendation made by his predecessor [[David Waddington, Baron Waddington|David Waddington]] in [[1990]]. * [[February 5]] – The so-called "Big Three" banks in [[Switzerland]] announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid [[Holocaust]] survivors and their families. * [[February 5]] – [[Morgan Stanley]] and [[Dean Witter Reynolds]] investment banks announce a $10 billion merger. * [[February 10]] – The [[United States Army]] suspends Sgt. Major [[Gene C. McKinney]], its top-ranking enlisted soldier, after hearing allegations of sexual misconduct. * [[February 10]] – [[Sandline affair]]: [[Australia]]n newspapers publish stories that the government of [[Papua New Guinea]] has brought mercenaries onto [[Bougainville Island]]. * [[February 13]] – ''[[STS-82]]'': Tune-up and repair work on the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] is started by [[astronaut]]s from ''[[Space Shuttle Discovery]]''. * [[February 13]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above 7,000 [[Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average|for the first time]], gaining 60.81 to 7,022.44. * [[February 19]] – The last of the [[People's Republic of China]]'s major revolutionaries, [[Deng Xiaoping]], dies at age 92. * [[February 22]] – In [[Roslin, Scotland]], scientists announce that an adult [[sheep]] named [[Dolly the sheep|Dolly]] had been successfully [[cloning|cloned]], and was born in July 1996. * [[February 23]] – A large fire occurs in the [[Russia]]n [[space station]] [[Mir]]. * [[February 28]] – The [[North Hollywood shootout]] takes place between two heavily armed bank robbers and officers of the [[Los Angeles Police Department]]. ===March=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:OsakaDomeEvening.jpg|thumb|Osaka Dome during the evening.]] {{Month3|3|5|0}} * [[March 4]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] bars federal funding for any research on [[human cloning]]. * [[March 6]] – [[Pablo Picasso]]'s ''Tête de Femme'' is stolen from a [[London]] gallery (recovered a week later). * [[March 6]] – In [[Sri Lanka]], [[Tamil Tigers]] overrun a [[military base]] and kill more than 200. * [[March 11]] – An explosion at the Tokaimura [[nuclear waste]] reprocessing plant in Japan exposes 35 workers to low-level [[radioactive contamination]], in the worst [[nuclear accident]] in Japan's history. * [[March 13]] – [[India]]'s Missionaries of Charity chooses [[Sister Nirmala]] to succeed [[Mother Teresa]] as its leader. * [[March 13]] – The [[National People's Congress]] of the People's Republic of China creates a new [[Chongqing]] Municipality. It was formerly part of [[Sichuan]]. * [[March 13]] – The [[Phoenix Lights]] are seen over Phoenix, AZ. * [[March 16]] – [[Sandline affair]]: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander [[Jerry Singirok]] arrest [[Tim Spicer]] and his [[mercenary|mercenaries]] of the [[Sandline International]]. * [[March 18]] – The tail of a [[Russia]]n [[An-24]] charter plane breaks off while en-route to [[Turkey]], causing the plane to crash, killing all 50 on board, and resulting in the grounding of all An-24s. * [[March 21]] – In [[Zaire]], Etienne Tshiksekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] from his cabinet. * [[March 21]] – Mercenaries of Sandline International withdraw from Papua New Guinea. * [[March 22]] – [[Tara Lipinski]], 14, becomes the youngest women's world [[figure skating]] champion. * [[March 22]] – The comet [[Hale-Bopp]] makes its closest approach to Earth. * [[March 24]] – The [[69th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], are held at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles, California]], with ''[[The English Patient]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. * [[March 26]] – In [[San Diego, California]], 39 [[Heaven's Gate (cult)|Heaven's Gate]] cultists commit mass suicide at their compound. * [[March 26]] – [[Julius Chan]] resigns as prime minister of Papua New Guinea, ending the Sandline affair. ===April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|4|1|0}} * [[April 3]] – The [[Thalit massacre]] in [[Algeria]]: All but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. * [[April 11]] – Fire damages the Turin Cathedral in [[Italy]]. * [[April 14]] – Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, 7 miles from [[Mecca]]; 343 die. * [[April 14]] – Former SS Captain [[Erich Priebke]] is retried; on [[July 22]] he is sentenced to five years in prison. * [[April 16]] – [[Houston, Texas]] socialite [[Doris Angleton]] is murdered in her [[River Oaks]] home. [[Roger Angleton]] later admits to the crime in his suicide note. Despite being found innocent of the crime by a [[Texas]] jury, he is later arrested by the United States Department of Justice on similar charges. * [[April 18]] – The [[Red River of the North]] breaks through dikes and [[Red River Flood, 1997|floods]] [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]] and [[East Grand Forks, Minnesota]], causing US$ 2 billion in damage. * [[April 21]] – A Pegasus rocket carries the remains of 24 people into earth orbit, in the first [[space burial]]. * [[April 22]] – [[Haouch Khemisti massacre]] in [[Algeria]]; 93 villagers killed. * [[April 22]] – A 126-day hostage crisis at the residence of the Japanese ambassador in [[Lima, Peru]] ends after government commandos storm and capture the building, rescuing 71 hostages. One hostage dies of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]], two soldiers are killed from rebel fire, and all 14 [[Tupac Amaru]] rebels are slain. * [[April 22]] – [[France]] supports the new [[transitional government]] in Zaire, withdrawing its support of Mobutu Sese Seko. * [[April 23]] – [[Omaria massacre]] in Algeria; 42 villagers killed. * [[April 27]] – [[Andrew Cunanan]] murders Jeffrey Trail, beginning a murder spree that will last until July and end with the murder of fashion designer [[Gianni Versace]]. * [[April 29]] – Two trains crushed at [[Hunan]], [[China]], 126 killed. ===May=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|5|3|0}} * [[May 1]] – [[Tasmania]] becomes the last state in [[Australia]] to decriminalize [[homosexuality]]. * [[May 1]] – [[United Kingdom general election, 1997]]: The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] ends 18 years of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] rule. * [[May 2]] – [[Tony Blair]] is appointed [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. * [[May 3]] – [[Katrina and the Waves]] win the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]] for the [[United Kingdom|UK]] with [[Love Shine a Light]], the most successful Eurovision entry ever. * [[May 10]] – An [[earthquake]] near Ardekul, in northeastern [[Iran]], kills at least 2,400. * [[May 11]] – [[International Business Machines|IBM]]'s [[IBM Deep Blue|Deep Blue]] defeats [[Garry Kasparov]] in the [[Deep Blue – Kasparov, 1997, Game 6|last game]] of the rematch, the first time a computer beat a [[chess]] World champion in a match. * [[May 12]] – The [[Russia]]n-[[Chechnya|Chechen]] Peace Treaty is signed. * [[May 14]] – The [[Star Alliance]] is formed between [[Air Canada]], [[Lufthansa]], [[Scandinavian Airlines System]], [[Thai Airways International]] and [[United Airlines]]. * [[May 15]] – [[United States]] government acknowledges existence of [[Laotian Civil War|"Secret War" in Laos]] and dedicates [[Laos Memorial]] in honor of [[Hmong people|Hmong]] and other "Secret War" veterans. * [[May 16]] – Mobutu Sese Seko leaves [[Kinshasa]] (eventually settles in Morocco). * [[May 16]] – U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] issues a formal apology to the surviving victims of the [[Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male]] and their families. * [[May 17]] – Troops of Laurent Kabila march into [[Kinshasa]]. * [[May 22]] – [[Kelly Flinn]], the [[U.S. Air Force]]'s first [[Women in the military|female bomber pilot]] certified for combat, accepts a [[general discharge]] in order to avoid a [[court martial]]. * [[May 25]] – [[Strom Thurmond]] becomes the longest-serving member in the history of the [[United States Senate]] (41 years and 10 months). * [[May 25]] – A military [[coup]] in [[Sierra Leone]] replaces President [[Ahmad Tejan Kabbah]] with Major [[Johnny Paul Koromah]]. * [[May 27]] – The [[Central Texas tornado outbreak|second-deadliest tornado]] of the 1990s hits in [[Jarrell, Texas]], killing 27 people. * [[May 31]] – Opening of the [[Confederation Bridge]]; the 13 kilometer bridge is the world's longest bridge spanning ice covered waters, between [[Prince Edward Island]] and [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. ===June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|6|6|0}} * [[June 1]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: [[Iraq]]i military escorts on board an [[UNSCOM]] helicopter try to physically prevent the UNSCOM pilot from flying the helicopter in the direction of its planned destination, threatening the safety of the aircraft and their crews. * [[June 1]] – [[Hugo Banzer]] wins the [[Presidential elections]] in [[Bolivia]]. * [[June 2]] – In [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[Timothy McVeigh]] is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 [[Oklahoma City bombing]]. * [[June 5]] – Kim Hyun Chul, son of [[Kim Young Sam]], [[president of South Korea]], is charged with [[bribery]] and [[political corruption|corruption]] related to the awarding of government contracts. * [[June 6]] – In Lacey Township, [[New Jersey]], high school senior [[Melissa Drexler]] kills her newborn baby in a toilet. * [[June 7]] – A computer user known as "_eci" publishes his [[Microsoft C]] source code on a [[Windows 95]] and [[Windows NT]] exploit, which would later become [[WinNuke]]. The source code gets wide distribution across the [[internet]], and [[Microsoft]] is forced to release a security patch. * [[June 7]] – The [[Detroit Red Wings]] win their first [[Stanley Cup]] championship in 42 years, defeating the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] four games to none. Red Wings goaltender [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]] is awarded the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as playoff MVP. * [[June 8]] – A [[United States Coast Guard]] helicopter crashes near [[Humboldt Bay (United States)|Humboldt Bay]], [[California]]. All four crewmembers perish. * [[June 10]] – [[Khmer Rouge]] leader [[Pol Pot]] orders the killing of his defense chief, [[Son Sen]], and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold (the news does not reach outside [[Cambodia]] for 3 days). * [[June 11]] – The [[British House of Commons]] votes for a total ban on [[handgun]]s. * [[June 12]] – The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] unveils a new [[United States dollar|$50 bill]], meant to be more difficult to [[counterfeit]]. * [[June 13]] – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to [[capital punishment|death]] for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. * [[June 16]] – [[Dairat Labguer massacre]] in Algeria; about 50 killed. * [[June 19]] – The fast food chain [[McDonald's]] wins a partial victory in its libel trial, known as the [[McLibel case]], against 2 environmental campaigners. The judge decides it was true that McDonald's targeted its advertising at children, who pestered their parents into visiting the company's restaurants. * [[June 25]] – An unmanned [[Progress spacecraft]] collides with the Russian space station Mir. * [[June 26]] – [[Bertie Ahern]] is appointed as the 10th [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]] and [[Mary Harney]] is appointed as the 16th, and first female, [[Tánaiste]], after their parties, [[Fianna Fáil]] and the [[Progressive Democrats]] respectively, win the [[Irish General Election, 1997|1997 General Election]]. ===July=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|7|1|0}} * [[July 1]] – The [[United Kingdom]] [[Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong|hands sovereignty]] of [[Hong Kong]] to the People's Republic of China. * [[July 4]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Pathfinder|Pathfinder]] space probe lands on the surface of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. * [[July 5]] – In Cambodia, [[Hun Sen]] of the [[Cambodian People's Party]] overthrows [[Norodom Ranariddh]] in a [[coup]]. * [[July 8]] – [[Mayo Clinic]] researchers warn that the [[dieting]] drug "[[fen-phen]]" can cause severe [[heart]] and [[lung]] damage. * [[July 8]] – [[NATO]] invites the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]] to join the alliance in 1999. * [[July 10]] – In [[London]], scientists report their [[DNA]] analysis findings from a [[Neanderthal]] skeleton, which support the [[out of Africa theory]] of [[human evolution]], placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. * [[July 10]] – [[Miguel Ángel Blanco]] is kidnapped in [[Ermua]], Spain and murdered by the [[ETA]]. * [[July 11]] – 90 die in [[Thailand]]'s worst hotel fire at [[Pattaya]]. * [[July 13]] – The remains of [[Che Guevara]] are returned to [[Cuba]] for burial, alongside some of his comrades. * [[July 16]] – The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 63.17 to close at 8,038.88. It is the Dow's [[Closing milestones of the Dow Jones Industrial Average|first close]] above 8,000. The Dow has doubled its value in 30 months. * [[July 17]] – The [[F.W. Woolworth Company]] closes after 117 years in business. * [[July 21]] – The fully restored [[USS Constitution]] (aka "[[Old Ironsides]]") celebrates her 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. * [[July 23]] – [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] files [[Competition law|antitrust]] charges against chipmaker [[Intel]]. * [[July 25]] – [[K.R. Narayanan]] is sworn in as [[India]]'s 10th president and the first member of the [[Dalit (outcaste)|Dalit caste]] to hold this office. * [[July 27]] – About 50 are killed in the [[Si Zerrouk massacre]] in Algeria. ===August=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|8|4|0}} * [[August 1]] – [[Boeing]] and [[McDonnell Douglas]] complete a merger. * [[August 2]] – Australian ski instructor [[Stuart Diver]] is rescued as the sole survivor from the [[1997 Thredbo landslide|Thredbo landslide]] in [[New South Wales]], in which 18 died. * [[August 3]] – [[Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre]] in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed. * [[August 4]] – 185,000 [[Teamsters]] Union [[United Parcel Service]] drivers walk off the job. * [[August 6]] – [[Microsoft]] buys a $150 million share of financially troubled [[Apple Computer]]. * [[August 6]] – 228 die as [[Korean Air Flight 801]] crash lands at [[Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport|Guam International Airport]]. * [[August 13]] – In [[Belo Horizonte]], [[Brazil]], [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] wins [[Sporting Cristal]] of [[Peru]] by 1-0 and are [[Copa Libertadores de América]] champions by second time. * [[August 20]] – [[Souhane massacre]] in Algeria; over 60 killed, 15 kidnapped. * [[August 25]] – [[Egon Krenz]] is convicted of a shoot-to-kill [[Berlin Wall]] policy. * [[August 26]] – [[Beni-Ali massacre]] in Algeria; 60-100 killed. * [[August 26]] – The [[Independent International Commission on Decommissioning]] is set up in [[Northern Ireland]], as part of a peace process. * [[August 29]] – [[Rais massacre]] in Algeria; over 98 (and possibly up to 400) killed. * [[August 31]] – [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], is taken to hospital after a car crash shortly after midnight in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in [[Paris]]. She is pronounced dead at 04:00. ===September=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Diana's funeral.jpg|thumb|The funeral cortege of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] on route to [[Westminster Abbey]] from [[Kensington Palace]].]] {{Month3|9|0|0}} * [[September 3]] – [[Arizona]] Governor [[Fife Symington]] is convicted for various crimes tied to his [[real estate]] business, effectively forcing him out of office. * [[September 4]] – In [[Lorain, Ohio]], the last [[Ford Thunderbird]] for three years rolls off the [[assembly line]]. * [[September 5]] – [[Beni-Messous massacre]] in Algeria; over 87 killed. * [[September 5]] – The [[International Olympic Committee]] picks [[Athens, Greece]] to be the host city for the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. * [[September 5]] – [[Mother Theresa of Calcutta]] dies of heart failure in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. * [[September 6]] – The funeral of Princess Diana takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]], watched by over 2 billion people worldwide. * [[September 6]] – A [[Jean Michel Jarre]] [[List of Jean-Michel Jarre concerts#Oxygene in Moscow|Oxygene in Moscow]] concert, celebrating the city's 850th anniversary, draws 3.5 million people. * [[September 7]] – First test flight of the [[F-22 Raptor]]. * [[September 11]] – [[Scotland]] votes to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with [[England]]. * [[September 13]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: An Iraqi military officer attacks an UNSCOM weapons inspector on board an UNSCOM helicopter while the inspector was attempting to take photographs of unauthorized movement of Iraqi vehicles inside a site designated for inspection * [[September 15]] – [[Norwegian parliamentary election, 1997]] * [[September 17]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: While waiting for access to a site, UNSCOM inspectors witness and videotape Iraqi guards moving files, burning documents, and dumping waste cans into a nearby river. * [[September 18]] – [[Wales]] votes in favour of [[devolution]] and the formation of a [[National Assembly]]. * [[September 19]] – [[Guelb El-Kebir massacre]] in Algeria; 53 killed. * [[September 21]] – The [[Islamic Salvation Army]], the [[Islamic Salvation Front]]s' armed wing, declares a unilateral ceasefire in Algeria. * [[September 22]] – [[Bentalha massacre]] in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed. * [[September 25]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: UNSCOM inspector Dr. Diane Seaman catches several Iraqi men sneaking out the back door of an inspection site, with log books for the creation of prohibited bacteria and chemicals. * [[September 26]] – An air crash in [[Indonesia]] kills 234 people (likely caused by smoke rising from numerous forest fires in the area). -see [[Garuda Indonesia Flight 152]] * [[September 26]] – An [[earthquake]] strikes the [[Italy|Italian]] regions of [[Umbria]] and [[Marche]], causing part of the [[Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi|Basilica of St. Francis]] at [[Assisi]] to collapse. * [[September 27]] – The [[Catholic]] diocese of [[Požega, Croatia|Požega]] is founded. ===October=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|10|2|0}} * [[October 1]] – [[Luke Woodham]] walks into Pearl High School in [[Pearl, Mississippi]] and opens fire, killing two girls, after killing his mother earlier that morning . * [[October 2]] – [[United Kingdom|British]] scientists Moira Bruce and John Collinge, with their colleagues, independently show that the new variant form of the [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]] is the same disease as [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy]]. * [[October 4]] – One million men gather for [[Promise Keepers]]' "Stand in the Gap" event in [[Washington, DC]]. * [[October 4]] – The [[Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery (1997)|second largest cash robbery]] in [[U.S. history]] ($17.3 million, mostly in small bills) occurred at the [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] office of [[Wells Fargo]]. An [[FBI]] investigation eventually resulted in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the stolen cash. * [[October 11]] – The [[mixed martial arts]] organization [[PRIDE Fighting Championships]] holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event [[Rickson Gracie]] defeats [[Nobuhiko Takada]] by armbar. * [[October 12]] – [[Sidi Daoud massacre]] in Algeria: 43 are killed at a false roadblock. * [[October 15]] – [[Andy Green]] sets the first supersonic [[land speed record]] for the [[ThrustSSC]] team, led by [[Richard Noble]] of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph). * [[October 15]] – [[NASA]] launches the [[Cassini-Huygens]] probe to Saturn. * [[October 16]] – First color photograph on the front page of the [[New York Times]] appears. * [[October 17]] – The remains of [[Che Guevara]] are laid to rest with full military honours in a specially built mausoleum in the city of Santa Clara, [[Cuba]], where he had won the decisive battle of the Cuban Revolution 39 years before. * [[October 26]] – [[Michael Schumacher]] commits the infamous ''Dry Sac'' corner incident at the [[Circuito Permanente de Jerez]] track, an act for which he was disqualified from the 1997 season by the FIA and crucified in the press. * [[October 26]] – The [[Florida Marlins]] win the [[1997 World Series]] against the [[Cleveland Indians]]. * [[October 27]] – [[Stock market]]s around the world [[October 27, 1997 mini-crash|crash]] because of a global [[world economy|economic]] crisis scare. The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] follows suit and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. The points loss exceeds the loss from [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]]. Officials at the [[New York Stock Exchange]] for the first time invoke the "circuit breaker" rule to stop trading. * [[October 28]] – In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 points, closing at 7,498.32. One billion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time ever. * [[October 29]] – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq says it will begin shooting down [[Lockheed U-2]] surveillance planes being used by UNSCOM inspectors. * [[October 30]] – In [[Newton, Massachusetts]], British au pair [[Louise Woodward]] is found guilty of the [[baby-shaking]] death of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen. ===November=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Mary McAleese.jpg|thumb|[[Mary McAleese]].]] {{Month3|11|5|0}} * [[November 3]] – In [[France]], striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute. * [[November 10]] – Telecom companies [[WorldCom]] and [[MCI Communications]] announce a US$37 billion merger to form [[MCI WorldCom]] (the largest merger in US history). * [[November 10]] – A [[Fairfax, Virginia]] jury finds [[Mir Aimal Kasi]] guilty of murdering 2 [[CIA]] employees in 1993. * [[November 11]] – [[Mary McAleese]] is elected the eighth [[President of Ireland]]. * [[November 12]] – [[Ramzi Yousef]] is found guilty of masterminding the [[World Trade Center 1993 bombings]]. * [[November 16]] – The [[Toronto Argonauts]] win their second consecutive Canadian Football League title by defeating the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] 47-23 to win the [[85th Grey Cup]] at [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]] in [[Edmonton, Alberta]]. * [[November 17]] – In [[Luxor]], [[Egypt]], 62 people are killed by 6 [[Islam]]ic militants outside the [[Temple of Hatshepsut]]. * [[November 19]] – In [[Des Moines, Iowa]], Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to [[McCaughey septuplets|septuplets]] in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive. * [[November 27]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission]] is launched, the start of satellite component of the [[Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System]]. ===December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> {{Month3|12|0|0}} * [[December 3]] – In [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]], representatives from 121 countries sign a [[treaty]] prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel [[land mine]]s. However, the [[United States]], the People's Republic of China, and Russia, do not sign the treaty. * [[December 5]] – [[John O'Shaugnessey]], 32, admits the rape and murder of 9-year-old Kayleigh Ward at [[Chester Crown Court]]. The trial judge sentences O'Shaugnessey, of [[Blacon]], [[Chester]], to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should serve at least 30 years before being considered for parole. * [[December 8]] – [[Myra Hindley]], one of the [[Moors murders|Moors murderers]] arrives at the [[High Court of Justice]] to contest a recent [[Home Secretary]]'s decision that she should remain in prison until she dies. * [[December 11]] – The [[Kyoto Protocol]] is adopted by a [[United Nations]] [[United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change#COP-3.2C_The_Kyoto_Protocol_on_Climate_Change|committee]]. * [[December 12]] – Demonstrations in state capitals of Australia against the [[WTO]] and [[IMF]]. * [[December 16]] – "[[Dennō Senshi Porigon]]" shown, causing seizures,= and other illness.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} * [[December 18]] – [[Myra Hindley]] loses her High Court appeal against the government's decision to keep her behind bars for the rest of her life. * [[December 19]] The highest-grossing movie of all time, [[James Cameron]]'s ''[Titanic (1997 film)|[[Titanic]]'', premiers in the U.S. * [[December 24]] – [[Sid El-Antri massacre]] in Algeria: 50-100 villagers are killed. * [[December 27]] – [[Ulster loyalism|Ulster loyalist]] [[paramilitary]] leader [[Billy Wright (terrorist)|Billy Wright]] is assassinated in [[Northern Ireland]], inside [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]] prison. * [[December 29]] – [[Hong Kong]] begins to kill all the [[chicken]]s within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly [[influenza]] strain. * [[December 30]] – [[Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997]]: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, 400 are killed from four villages in the ''wilaya'' of [[Relizane]]. <!-- IF THIS CHRONOLOGY IS SPLIT INTO ARTICLES, see top note. --> ===Undated=== * The [[Toyota Prius]] comes to showrooms, only in [[Japan]]. The Prius was the first hybrid vehicle to go into full production. It would come to U.S. showrooms in 2000. ===Fictional=== * The 1984 film [[The Terminator]] and its sequel, [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]], both referenced the year 1997 as the time in which the fictional computer entity Skynet would launch a nuclear attack on mankind on [[August 29]]. * The 1987 NES RPG-game, [[Crystalis]], references October 1, 1997 as the day when a terrible war takes place and the whole human kind goes back in time, therefore, strange animals populate in cities and a few build a tower that goes high into sky. * The [[John Carpenter]]'s 1981 film [[Escape from New York]] is set in 1997 of a United States so crime-ridden that Manhattan Island in New York City has become a maximum security prison. ==Births== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. 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No red links, please. --> {{Year in other calendars}} * [[January 9]] – [[Lauryn McClain]], American actress and singer * [[January 13]] – [[Marius Borg Høiby]], son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway * [[January 14]] – Nastya and Masha Tolmachevy ([[The Tolmachevy Twins]]), Russian singers * [[January 24]] – [[Jonah Bobo]], American actor * [[February 10]] – [[Chloe Moretz]], American actress * [[March 3]] – [[Maria Francisca Isabel de Bragança]], daughter of [[Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza]] * [[March 27]] – [[Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal|Princess Aisha of Jordan]] * [[March 27]] – [[Princess Sara bint Al Faisal|Princess Sara of Jordan]] * [[May 1]] – [[Ariel Gade]], American actress * [[May 18]] – [[Alana Etheridge]], American actress * [[June 20]] – [[Maria Lark]], Russian-born American actress * [[July 15]] – [[Prince Lukás of Bulgaria]] * [[July 20]] – [[Billi Bruno]], American actress * [[July 22]] – [[Field Cate]], American actor * [[August 25]] – [[Holly Gibbs]], English actress * [[September 8]] – [[Kimberlea Berg]], English actress * [[October 8]] – [[Connor Carmody]], American actor * [[October 8]] – [[Bella Thorne]], American actress/model * [[October 12]] – [[Prince Boris of Bulgaria]], second in line to the Bulgarian throne, * [[October 31]] – [[Sydney Park (person)|Sydney Park]], American actress and comedian * [[November 1]] – [[Alex Wolff|Alexander Draper Wolff]], American actor and drummer * [[November 13]] – [[Brent Kinsman]], American actor * [[November 13]] – [[Shane Kinsman]], American Actor * [[November 19]] – [[McCaughey septuplets]], the world's first set of septuplets to survive infancy ==Deaths== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. Preferred style is to repeat dates, shorter than sub-bullets, and helps search-engines to display the related dates. dates can be repeated in ranges: May 7–9. --> ===January – June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] – [[Townes Van Zandt]], American folk singer (b. [[1944]]) * [[January 4]] – [[Harry Helmsley]], American real estate mogul (b. [[1909]]) * [[January 6]] – [[Catherine Scorsese]], Italian-American actress (b. [[1912]]) * [[January 10]] – [[Sheldon Leonard]], American producer, actor, director (b. [[1907]]) * [[January 10]] – [[Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd]], Scottish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1907]]) * [[January 12]] – [[Charles B. Huggins]], Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1901]]) * [[January 16]] – [[Ennis Cosby]], comedian Bill Cosby's son (b. [[1969]]) * [[January 17]] – [[Clyde Tombaugh]], American astronomer (b. [[1906]]) * [[January 19]] – [[James Dickey]], American poet and novelist (b. [[1923]]) * [[January 20]] – [[Curt Flood]], American baseball player (b. [[1938]]) * [[January 21]] – [[Colonel Tom Parker]], Dutch-born celebrity manager (b. [[1909]]) * [[January 31]] – [[Johnny Klein]], American drummer (b. [[1918]]) * [[February 1]] – [[Herb Caen]], American newspaper columnist (b. [[1916]]) * [[February 2]] – [[Chico Science]], Brazilian musician (automobile accident) (b. [[1967]]) * [[February 5]] – [[Pamela Harriman]], U.S. Ambassador to France (b. [[1920]]) * [[February 11]] – [[Don Porter]], American actor (b. [[1912]]) * [[February 17]] – [[Zein Isa]], Palestinian militant imprisoned in the [[United States]] for the [[honor killing]] of his daughter * [[February 19]] – [[Deng Xiaoping]], leader of the People's Republic of China (b. [[1904]]) * [[February 23]] – [[Tony Williams]], American musician (b. [[1945]]) * [[February 28]] – [[Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr.]] and [[Emil Dechebal Matasareanu]], shooters in the [[North Hollywood shootout]]. * [[March 4]] – [[Robert H. Dicke]], American experimental physicist (b. [[1916]]) * [[March 4]] – [[Carey Loftin]], American actor and stuntman (b. [[1914]]) * [[March 6]] – [[Cheddi Jagan]], [[President of Guyana]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[March 7]] – [[Edward Mills Purcell]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1912]]) * [[March 7]] – [[Martin Kippenberger]], German artist (b. [[1953]]) * [[March 9]] – [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], American rapper (b. [[1972]]) * [[March 9]] – [[Terry Nation]],Scriptwriter (b. [[1930]]) * [[March 10]] – [[La Vern Baker]], American singer (b. [[1929]]) * [[March 14]] – [[Fred Zinnemann]], Austrian-born director (b. [[1907]]) * [[March 17]] – [[Jermaine Stewart]], American singer (b. [[1957]]) * [[March 19]] – [[Willem de Kooning]], Dutch artist (b. [[1904]]) * [[March 20]] – [[Tony Zale]], American boxer (b. [[1913]]) * [[March 21]] – [[W.V. Awdry]], British children's writer (b. [[1911]]) * [[April 5]] – [[Allen Ginsberg]], American poet (b. [[1926]]) * [[April 7]] – [[Witto Aloma]], Cuban [[Major League Baseball]] player (b. [[1923]]) * [[April 7]] – [[Georgi Shonin]], cosmonaut (b. [[1935]]) * [[April 12]] – [[George Wald]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1903]]) * [[April 15]] – [[Mildred Cleghorn]], chairwoman of the Fort Sill Apache tribe (b. [[1910]]) * [[April 16]] – [[Doris Angleton]], American socialite (b. [[1951]]) * [[April 16]] – [[Roland Topor]], French illustrator (b. [[1938]]) * [[April 19]] – [[Eldon Hoke|El Duce]], American singer/drummer ([[The Mentors]]) (b. [[1958]]) * [[April 20]] – [[Henry Mucci]], American Colonel of the 98th Ranger Battalion (b. [[1909]]) * [[April 22]] – [[Baroness Seear]], President of the UK Liberal Party (b. [[1913]]) * [[May 2]] – [[John Carew Eccles]], Australian neurophysiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1903]]) * [[May 5]] – [[Walter Gotell]], German actor (b. [[1924]]) * [[May 14]] – [[Harry Blackstone Jr.]], American magician (b. [[1934]]) * [[May 22]] – [[Alfred Hershey]], American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1908]]) * [[May 23]] – [[James Lee Byars]], American artist (b. [[1932]]) * [[May 24]] – [[Edward Mulhare]], Irish actor (b. [[1923]]) * [[May 29]] – [[Jeff Buckley]], American musician (drowned) (b. [[1966]]) * [[May 31]] – [[James Bennett Griffin]], American archaeologist (b. [[1905]]) * [[June 3]] – [[Dennis James]], American game show host (b. [[1917]]) * [[June 12]] – [[Bulat Okudzhava]], [[Soviet]] non-mainstream singer of [[Georgian people|Georgian]] descent (b. [[1924]]) * [[June 22]] – [[Gérard Pelletier]], French journalist, politician and diplomat (b. [[1919]]) * [[June 23]] – [[Betty Shabazz]], widow of [[Malcolm X]] (b. [[1936]]) * [[June 24]] – [[Brian Keith]], American actor (b. [[1921]]) * [[June 25]] – [[Jacques-Yves Cousteau]], French explorer (b. [[1910]]) * [[June 26]] – [[Israel Kamakawiwo'ole]], Hawaiian singer (b. [[1959]]) * [[June 28]] – [[Mrs. Miller]], American singer (b. [[1907]]) ===July – December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 1]] – [[Robert Mitchum]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) * [[July 2]] – [[James Stewart (actor)|James Stewart]], American actor (b. [[1908]]) * [[July 4]] – [[Charles Kuralt]], American television reporter (b. [[1934]]) * [[July 4]] – [[John Zachary Young]], British biologist (b. [[1907]]) * [[July 15]] – [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (murdered) (b. [[1946]]) *[[July 18]] – [[Eugene Shoemaker]], American astrologist (b. [[1928]]) * [[July 20]] – [[John Akii-Bua]] Ugandan hurdler (b. [[1949]]) * [[July 23]] – [[Chuhei Nambu]], Japanese athlete (b. [[1904]]) * [[July 24]] – [[William J. Brennan]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1906]]) * [[August 2]] – [[William S. Burroughs]], American author (b. [[1914]]) * [[August 2]] – [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian musician and political activist (b. [[1938]]) * [[August 4]] – [[Jeanne Calment]], French supercentenarian and the oldest living person ever documented in history. (b. [[1875]]) * [[August 8]] – [[Sviatoslav Richter]], Ukrainian pianist (b. [[1915]]) * [[August 10]] – [[Conlon Nancarrow]], American-born composer (b. [[1912]]) * [[August 12]] – [[Luther Allison]], American musician (b. [[1939]]) * [[August 16]] – [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], Pakistani Qwalli artist (b. [[1948]]) * [[August 21]] – [[Yuri Nikulin]], Russian actor * [[August 23]] – [[John Kendrew]], British molecular biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1917]]) * [[August 24]] – [[Louis Essen]], English physicist (b. [[1908]]) * [[August 31]] – [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (car accident) (b. [[1961]]) * [[August 31]] – [[Dodi Al-Fayed]], Egyptian businessman (the same automobile accident) (b. [[1955]]) * [[September 2]] – [[Rudolph Bing]], Austrian opera manager (b. [[1902]]) * [[September 2]] – [[Viktor Frankl]], Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. [[1905]]) * [[September 5]] – [[Georg Solti]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1912]]) * [[September 5]] – [[Mother Teresa]], Albanian missionary and humanitarian, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1910]]) * [[September 7]] – [[Mobutu Sese Seko]], president of [[Zaire]] (b. [[1930]]) * [[September 9]] – [[Burgess Meredith]], American actor (b. [[1907]]) * [[September 17]] – [[Red Skelton]], American comedian (b. [[1913]]) * [[September 18]] – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[blues]] singer (b. [[1920]]) * [[September 19]] – [[Rich Mullins]], American musician (b. [[1955]]) * [[September 25]] – [[Jean Françaix]], French composer (b. [[1912]]) * [[September 27]] – [[Walter Trampler]], American violist (b. [[1915]]) * [[October 1]] – [[Jerome H. Lemelson]], American inventor (b. [[1923]]) * [[October 4]] – [[Gunpei Yokoi]], Japanese video game franchise creator (b. [[1941]]) * [[October 5]] – [[Brian Pillman]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1962]]) * [[October 6]] – [[Adrienne Hill]], British actress * [[October 6]] – [[Johnny Vander Meer]], baseball player (b. [[1914]]) * [[October 12]] – [[John Denver]], American musician (b. [[1943]]) * [[October 19]] – [[Glen Buxton]], American guitarist (b. [[1947]]) * [[October 22]] – [[Leonid Amalrik]], Russian animator (b. [[1905]]) * [[October 23]] – [[Bert Haanstra]], Dutch filmmaker (b. [[1916]]) * [[October 24]] – [[Don Messick]], American voice actor (b. [[1926]]) * [[October 29]] – [[Anton Szandor LaVey]], American founder of the Church of Satan (b. [[1930]]) * [[November 4]] – [[Eddie Arcaro]], American Hall of Fame Jockey (b. [[1916]]) * [[November 5]] – [[James Robert Baker]], American novelist and screenwriter (b. [[1946]]) * [[November 5]] – Sir [[Isaiah Berlin]], Russian historian of ideas (b. [[1909]]) * [[November 11]] – [[Rodney Milburn]], American athlete (b. [[1950]]) * [[November 12]] – [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish composer (b. [[1915]]) * [[November 15]] – [[Douglas MacArthur II]], nephew of [[World War II]] General [[Douglas MacArthur]] (b. [[1909]]) * [[November 17]] – [[John Wimber]], American leader of the Vineyard Movement (b. [[1934]]) * [[November 21]] – [[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson]], English composer (b. [[1921]]) * [[November 22]] – [[Michael Hutchence]], Australian musician (b. [[1960]]) * [[November 25]] – [[Monique Serf]], French singer (b. [[1930]]) * [[November 30]] – [[Kathy Acker]], American author (b. [[1947]]) * [[December 2]] – [[Shirley Crabtree]], British wrestler best known as Big Daddy (b. [[1930]]) * [[December 2]] – [[Michael Hedges]], American composer and guitarist (b. [[1953]]) * [[December 18]] – [[Chris Farley]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1964]]) * [[December 19]] – [[David Schramm]], American astrophysicist (b. [[1945]]) * [[December 20]] – [[Denise Levertov]], English-born American poet (b. [[1923]]) * [[December 21]] – [[Amie Comeaux]], American country singer (b. [[1976]]) * [[December 24]] – [[Toshirō Mifune]], Japanese actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[December 25]] – [[Denver Pyle]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) * [[December 27]] – [[Billy Wright (terrorist)|Billy Wright]], Irish paramilitary leader (b. [[1960]]) ===Unknown dates=== {{C20YearTOCright}} * [[Laurence Henry Hicks]], Australian composer (b. [[1912]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Paul D. Boyer]], [[John E. Walker]], [[Jens C. Skou]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] – [[Bank of Sweden]] – [[Robert C. Merton]], [[Myron Scholes]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Dario Fo]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[ICBL|International Campaign to Ban Landmines]] and [[Jody Williams]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Steven Chu]], [[Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]], [[William D. Phillips]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Stanley B. Prusiner]] ==Templeton Prize== * [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commonscat_left|1997}} {{Events by month}} [[Category:1997| ]] [[af:1997]] [[als:1990er#1997]] [[am:1997 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1997]] [[an:1997]] [[roa-rup:1997]] [[frp:1997]] [[ast:1997]] [[av:1997]] [[ay:1997]] [[az:1997]] [[bn:১৯৯৭]] [[zh-min-nan:1997 nî]] [[map-bms:1997]] [[be:1997]] [[be-x-old:1997]] [[bh:१९९७]] [[bs:1997]] [[br:1997]] [[bg:1997]] [[ca:1997]] [[cv:1997]] [[cs:1997]] [[co:1997]] [[cy:1997]] [[da:1997]] [[pdc:1997]] [[de:1997]] [[et:1997]] [[el:1997]] [[es:1997]] [[eo:1997]] [[eu:1997]] [[fa:۱۹۹۷ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1997]] [[hif:1997]] [[fr:1997]] [[fy:1997]] [[ga:1997]] [[gan:1997年]] [[gv:1997]] [[gd:1997]] [[gl:1997]] [[zh-classical:一九九七年]] [[ko:1997년]] [[hy:1997]] [[hi:1997]] [[hr:1997.]] [[io:1997]] [[ilo:1997]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৯৭]] [[id:1997]] [[ia:1997]] [[os:1997]] [[zu:1997]] [[is:1997]] [[it:1997]] [[he:1997]] [[jv:1997]] [[pam:1997]] [[kn:೧೯೯೭]] [[ka:1997]] [[csb:1997]] [[kk:1997]] [[kw:1997]] [[sw:1997]] [[ht:1997 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1997]] [[la:1997]] [[lv:1997]] [[lb:1997]] [[lt:1997 m.]] [[lij:1997]] [[li:1997]] [[ln:1997]] [[jbo:1997moi nanca]] [[lmo:1997]] [[hu:1997]] [[mk:1997]] [[mi:1997]] [[mr:इ.स. १९९७]] [[ms:1997]] [[nah:1997]] [[nl:1997]] [[nds-nl:1997]] [[cr:1997]] [[new:ई सं १९९७]] [[ja:1997年]] [[nap:1997]] [[no:1997]] [[nn:1997]] [[nrm:1997]] [[nov:1997]] [[oc:1997]] [[uz:1997]] [[pi:१९९७]] [[pag:1997]] [[nds:1997]] [[pl:1997]] [[pt:1997]] [[ty:1997]] [[ksh:Joohr 1997]] [[ro:1997]] [[qu:1997]] [[ru:1997 год]] [[se:1997]] [[sco:1997]] [[sq:1997]] [[scn:1997]] [[simple:1997]] [[sk:1997]] [[sl:1997]] [[so:1997]] [[sr:1997]] [[sh:1997]] [[su:1997]] [[fi:1997]] [[sv:1997]] [[tl:1997]] [[ta:1997]] [[tt:1997]] [[te:1997]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2540]] [[vi:1997]] [[tg:1997]] [[tpi:1997]] [[tr:1997]] [[tk:1997]] [[uk:1997]] [[ur:1997ء]] [[vec:1997]] [[wa:1997]] [[vls:1997]] [[wuu:公元1997年]] [[yo:1997]] [[zh-yue:1997年]] [[cbk-zam:1997]] [[zea:1997]] [[bat-smg:1997]] [[zh:1997年]]