Notable Historical Events - 1997
1997 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
The Republic of Zaïre officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaïre. |
Jan 2 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM |
Jan 3 |
Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final "Today" show on NBC-TV |
Jan 3 |
Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick v England at Harare |
Jan 3 |
Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series v England 3-0 |
Jan 3 |
The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion USD to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys. |
Jan 5 |
"Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC |
Jan 5 |
"Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater NYC |
Jan 5 |
"Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater NYC |
Jan 6 |
"It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC |
Jan 7 |
Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the US House of Representatives |
Jan 9 |
Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital |
Jan 10 |
"Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater NYC |
Jan 10 |
1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1 |
Jan 10 |
4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight" |
Jan 10 |
Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits |
Jan 10 |
Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map |
Jan 10 |
Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua |
Jan 11 |
Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis Intl |
Jan 11 |
Telstar 401 Satellite Fails |
Jan 12 |
23rd People's Choice Awards: Mel Gibson & Sandra Bullock win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Oprah Winfrey win (TV) |
Jan 12 |
17th United Negro College Fund raises |
Jan 12 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions |
Jan 12 |
Chrysler-Plymouth LPGA Tournament of Champions |
Jan 12 |
HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey) |
Jan 12 |
Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated |
Jan 12 |
Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space |
Jan 12 |
Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships |
Jan 12 |
wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament Of Champions |
Jan 15 |
Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin |
Jan 15 |
Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station |
Jan 16 |
Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus v Pakistan, MCG |
Jan 17 |
NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman |
Jan 18 |
47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena |
Jan 18 |
In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. |
Jan 18 |
Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. |
Jan 19 |
54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn & Geoffrey Rush |
Jan 19 |
Cerebral Palsy telethon |
Jan 19 |
Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural |
Jan 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. |
Jan 20 |
Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit |
Jan 20 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM |
Jan 20 |
Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Aust one-day Series |
Jan 22 |
Space shuttle Atlantis successfully returns to Earth |
Jan 25 |
71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (6-2 6-2) |
Jan 26 |
"Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances |
Jan 26 |
85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) |
Jan 26 |
Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant |
Jan 26 |
Super Bowl XXXI: Green Bay Packers beat NE Patriots, 35-21 in New Orleans |
Jan 27 |
"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin NYC |
Jan 27 |
24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton & Alanis Morissette win |
Jan 30 |
Minuteman III launches |
Feb 2 |
"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin NYC |
Feb 2 |
Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am |
Feb 2 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT) |
Feb 2 |
Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic |
Feb 2 |
Scotty Bowman becomes first coach in NHL history to win 1,000 games |
Feb 3 |
Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY |
Feb 3 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM |
Feb 4 |
Mario Lemieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals |
Feb 4 |
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish |
Feb 4 |
En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. |
Feb 4 |
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections. |
Feb 5 |
OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson in a civil court action. |
Feb 5 |
3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund |
Feb 5 |
Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe) |
Feb 5 |
Japan's Ministry of Finance announces plans to cut import tariffs on crude oil and most petroleum products |
Feb 6 |
Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm |
Feb 7 |
US & Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 |
Feb 9 |
11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds |
Feb 9 |
47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland |
Feb 9 |
Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am |
Feb 9 |
LG Senior Golf Championship |
Feb 9 |
Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational |
Feb 9 |
Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am |
Feb 9 |
Fox cartoon series "Simpsons" airs 167th episode the longest-running animated series in cartoon history |
Feb 10 |
13th Soap Opera Digest Awards - General Hospital wins |
Feb 10 |
5th ESPY Awards: Michael Johnson, Amy Van Dyken Lobo win |
Feb 10 |
Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU) |
Feb 10 |
O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages |
Feb 10 |
Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR |
Feb 10 |
Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991 |
Feb 11 |
Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets |
Feb 11 |
STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches |
Feb 12 |
Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O J Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement |
Feb 13 |
"Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater NYC |
Feb 13 |
Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope |
Feb 15 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski |
Feb 15 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge |
Feb 16 |
At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history |
Feb 16 |
GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic |
Feb 16 |
Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open |
Feb 16 |
Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship |
Feb 17 |
Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena Calif |
Feb 17 |
Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sexually abused his daughter |
Feb 19 |
FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls & 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls |
Feb 20 |
"Stanley" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC |
Feb 20 |
SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract |
Feb 21 |
"Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres |
Feb 21 |
STS 82 (Discovery 22) lands |
Feb 22 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open |
Feb 23 |
Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building & kills 1 |
Feb 23 |
American Express Senior Golf Invitational |
Feb 23 |
Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic |
Feb 23 |
NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65M watch |
Feb 23 |
Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic |
Feb 23 |
Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly" |
Feb 24 |
Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th) |
Feb 24 |
South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp |
Feb 24 |
Qatar inaugurates the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporting facility and formally launches Qatar Liquefied Gas Co. |
Feb 26 |
39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck & LeAnn Rimes wins |
Feb 27 |
"Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC |
Feb 27 |
Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop |
Feb 28 |
Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 |
Feb 28 |
FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia |
Feb 28 |
Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US |
Feb 28 |
The North Hollywood shootout takes place. |
Mar 1 |
"Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater NYC |
Mar 1 |
5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV |
Mar 2 |
Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters |
Mar 2 |
Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open |
Mar 2 |
Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple |
Mar 2 |
Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia) |
Mar 3 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM |
Mar 3 |
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. |
Mar 4 |
Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks |
Mar 4 |
Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) |
Mar 4 |
President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research |
Mar 4 |
Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) |
Mar 5 |
Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox & Willie Wells for Hall of Fame |
Mar 6 |
Picasso's painting Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery, and is recovered a week later. |
Mar 7 |
Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site |
Mar 7 |
5 sue Japanese PM Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life |
Mar 8 |
11th Soul Train Music Awards: Curtis Mayfield, Babyface win |
Mar 9 |
Senior Golf Slam |
Mar 9 |
Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open |
Mar 11 |
Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space |
Mar 11 |
Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II |
Mar 11 |
SF Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch |
Mar 13 |
India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader. |
Mar 13 |
The Phoenix lights were seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television. They are now a hotly debated controversy. |
Mar 14 |
68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch |
Mar 14 |
Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 |
Mar 14 |
Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award |
Mar 14 |
President Clinton trips & tears up his knee requiring surgery |
Mar 14 |
The Chinese city of Chongqing (formerly Chunking) is upgraded to a centrally administered municipality. |
Mar 15 |
Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals |
Mar 16 |
Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship |
Mar 16 |
NJ Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals |
Mar 16 |
Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic |
Mar 16 |
Toshiba Senior Golf Classic |
Mar 16 |
Sandline affair: On Bougainville Island, soldiers of commander Jerry Singirok arrest Tim Spicer and his mercenaries of the Sandline International. |
Mar 17 |
CNN begins spanish broadcasts |
Mar 18 |
Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die |
Mar 19 |
Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel & Ingo Steuer (GER) |
Mar 19 |
Major League Baseball announces 5 year/$50M deal with Pepsi |
Mar 19 |
US Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments |
Mar 20 |
"Play On!" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances |
Mar 20 |
Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive |
Mar 20 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
Mar 21 |
Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk & Evgeny Platov (Rus) |
Mar 21 |
Wrestlemania XIII |
Mar 22 |
"Sunset Boulevard" closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances |
Mar 22 |
Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) |
Mar 22 |
Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA) |
Mar 23 |
"Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater NYC |
Mar 23 |
17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins |
Mar 23 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING |
Mar 23 |
Liberty Legends of Senior Golf |
Mar 23 |
Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational |
Mar 23 |
Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title |
Mar 23 |
wins Standard Register PING |
Mar 24 |
69th Academy Awards - "The English Patient", Tom Cruise & Brenda Blythen win |
Mar 24 |
Australian parliament overturns world's 1st & only euthanasia law |
Mar 25 |
"Barrymore" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances |
Mar 25 |
Indians trade Lofton & Embree to Braves for Grissom & Justice |
Mar 26 |
"Annie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC |
Mar 26 |
NHL announce Might Ducks & Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan |
Mar 26 |
Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides. |
Mar 27 |
"Young Man From Atlanta" opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances |
Mar 27 |
Martin Luther King's son meets James Earl Ray, his father's killer |
Mar 28 |
"City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV |
Mar 29 |
1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition) |
Mar 29 |
PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith |
Mar 30 |
16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59 |
Mar 30 |
26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
Mar 30 |
Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf |
Mar 30 |
Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship |
Mar 30 |
Five (channel) Begins broadcasting in the UK |
Mar 31 |
"Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV |
Mar 31 |
59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) |
Mar 31 |
Pioneer 10 ends its mission |
Apr 1 |
69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch |
Apr 1 |
Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU) |
Apr 1 |
Shell Oil confirms it will declare force majeure at its Nigerian Bonny terminal due to local protests which disrupted 210 million barrels per day of the company's oil production |
Apr 2 |
"Doll's House" opens at Belasco Theater NYC |
Apr 3 |
"Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical" opens at Royale NYC for 109 performance |
Apr 3 |
Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. |
Apr 4 |
Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth |
Apr 4 |
Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs |
Apr 4 |
DMSP Titan 2 launched |
Apr 4 |
STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches |
Apr 5 |
Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7) |
Apr 5 |
Steve Irwin's "The Crocodile Hunter" debuts |
Apr 6 |
"3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater NYC |
Apr 6 |
9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins |
Apr 6 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge |
Apr 6 |
Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic |
Apr 6 |
Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) |
Apr 6 |
Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic |
Apr 7 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft Myers FL on WRXK 96.1 FM |
Apr 8 |
Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 |
Apr 8 |
STS 83 (Columbia 22) lands |
Apr 9 |
Cleve Indians closer Jose Mesa found guilty of rape |
Apr 9 |
Major League Soccer announces Miami & Chicago expansion |
Apr 9 |
NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL & possible "World Classic Bowl" |
Apr 13 |
"American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 88 performances |
Apr 13 |
48th time opposing pitchers hit HRS, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes |
Apr 13 |
61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par) |
Apr 13 |
Hartford Whalers last NHL game |
Apr 13 |
NHL Pitts Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game |
Apr 13 |
Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets & Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY |
Apr 15 |
America On Line, begins service in Japan |
Apr 15 |
Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams |
Apr 15 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM |
Apr 15 |
Fire sweeps through a campsite of Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage; the official death toll is 343. |
Apr 16 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM |
Apr 17 |
John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker |
Apr 17 |
NJ Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game |
Apr 19 |
Renee Slaughter crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl |
Apr 19 |
SD Padres & St Louis Cards play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii |
Apr 20 |
"Gin Game" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 144 performances |
Apr 20 |
"Present Laughter" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC |
Apr 20 |
1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader |
Apr 20 |
27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682 |
Apr 20 |
58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin |
Apr 20 |
Cubs beat NY Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games |
Apr 20 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International |
Apr 20 |
Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic |
Apr 20 |
Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic |
Apr 20 |
PGA Seniors Championship |
Apr 20 |
Mark McGwire is 4th to HR on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, & Cecil Fielder) |
Apr 21 |
101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 |
Apr 21 |
26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 |
Apr 21 |
Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit |
Apr 22 |
Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria - 93 villagers killed. |
Apr 22 |
The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. |
Apr 23 |
"Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC |
Apr 23 |
32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines & Brooks & Dunn |
Apr 23 |
Omaria massacre in Algeria: 42 villagers are killed. |
Apr 24 |
"Steel Peer" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 76 performances |
Apr 25 |
Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR |
Apr 25 |
The disaster film "Volcano", starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche, is released |
Apr 26 |
"Life" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC |
Apr 27 |
"Little Foxes" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 56 performances |
Apr 27 |
"Stanley" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC |
Apr 27 |
Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks |
Apr 27 |
Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn |
Apr 27 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship |
Apr 28 |
"Jekyll & Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC |
Apr 29 |
"Candide" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances |
Apr 29 |
KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs |
Apr 29 |
The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories. |
Apr 30 |
"London Assurance" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 72 performances |
Apr 30 |
42 million watch Ellen DeGeneres admit she is gay |
Apr 30 |
Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April |
Apr 30 |
Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes |
Apr 30 |
President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College |
Apr 30 |
Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt |
Apr 30 |
Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April |
May 1 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in San Diego CA on KIOZ 105.3 FM |
May 1 |
Tony Blair elected Prime Minister of UK |
May 1 |
Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality. |
May 2 |
Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating |
May 2 |
Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber |
May 2 |
Police arrest transsexual prostitute Atisone Seiuli with Eddie Murphy |
May 2 |
Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders |
May 3 |
123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3 |
May 3 |
ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen |
May 3 |
Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue |
May 4 |
Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic |
May 4 |
Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open |
May 4 |
Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship |
May 5 |
"Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV |
May 5 |
Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful |
May 6 |
Army Staff Sgt Delmar Simpson gets 25-year sentence for rape |
May 6 |
Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
May 6 |
NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes |
May 6 |
Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics |
May 6 |
The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history. |
May 7 |
Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants |
May 7 |
Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8) |
May 9 |
1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam |
May 9 |
San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones |
May 10 |
Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs SF Giants) |
May 11 |
"Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances |
May 11 |
NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs |
May 11 |
Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational |
May 11 |
Sara Lee LPGA Classic |
May 11 |
Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic |
May 11 |
Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic |
May 11 |
Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess |
May 12 |
14 North Koreans defect to South Korea |
May 12 |
Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox |
May 12 |
Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict |
May 12 |
Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida |
May 12 |
Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami |
May 13 |
Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games |
May 14 |
Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner |
May 15 |
ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com |
May 15 |
STS 84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission |
May 16 |
Atlanta Braves beat St Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings |
May 16 |
Brandi Sherwood (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Univ) as Miss USA |
May 16 |
Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of US crowned 46th Miss Universe |
May 16 |
Expos trailing SF Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13 |
May 16 |
St Louis Cards Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits |
May 16 |
A final agreement creating the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) is signed by project participants, inc. Russia, Kazakhstan, Chevron Corp and others |
May 17 |
123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54 |
May 17 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom |
May 17 |
Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. |
May 18 |
"King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC |
May 18 |
43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by chris johnson |
May 18 |
Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic |
May 18 |
Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic |
May 20 |
Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed |
May 20 |
Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful |
May 20 |
White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time |
May 20 |
US President Clinton signs an executive order barring new US investment in Burma (also known as Myanmar), effective May 21 and renewable annually |
May 21 |
Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time |
May 22 |
Kelly Flinn, US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial. |
May 23 |
"King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC |
May 23 |
Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV |
May 24 |
Actor Tim Allen arrested for drunk driving in Mich |
May 24 |
STS 84 (Atlantis 19), lands |
May 24 |
Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful |
May 25 |
Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic |
May 25 |
David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Fort Worth Texas |
May 25 |
Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform # |
May 25 |
Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic |
May 25 |
Todd & Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father & son to win 100 games |
May 25 |
A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah. |
May 26 |
Sammy Sosa (Cubs) & Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park HRs |
May 27 |
1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole |
May 27 |
Indianapolis 500: Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indy 500 |
May 27 |
Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract |
May 27 |
Major league revenue sharing begins, NY Yanks pay out most $28M |
May 27 |
Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexual assault |
May 27 |
Russian Pres Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO |
May 28 |
Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis |
May 28 |
Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight |
May 28 |
Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28 |
May 28 |
Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mt Everest for 3rd time |
May 29 |
70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym |
May 29 |
Jesse Timmedequas found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7 |
May 29 |
Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil |
May 30 |
Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set on fire by 12-year old grandson |
May 30 |
Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs |
May 31 |
"Once Upon a Matress" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 187 perf |
May 31 |
Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race |
May 31 |
The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick. |
Jun 1 |
10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186 |
Jun 1 |
1st NY Women Film Festival opens |
Jun 1 |
51st Tony Awards: Titanic & Last Night of Ballyhoo win |
Jun 1 |
Ameritech Senior Golf Open |
Jun 1 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic |
Jun 1 |
Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race |
Jun 1 |
Heartland LPGA Classic |
Jun 1 |
LA Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked |
Jun 1 |
Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par |
Jun 1 |
Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia. |
Jun 2 |
Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends |
Jun 2 |
Liberals beat Conservatives in France |
Jun 2 |
Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168 |
Jun 4 |
UN Security renews its "oilforfood" initiative whereby Iraq may sell $2 billion worth of oil to buy food, medicine and other necessities to alleviate civilian suffering under the sanctions imposed when it invaded Kuwait in 1990 |
Jun 7 |
129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8 |
Jun 7 |
67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) |
Jun 7 |
Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed |
Jun 7 |
Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Phila Flyers |
Jun 8 |
"Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 85 perfs |
Jun 8 |
67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (6-3 6-4 6-2) |
Jun 8 |
BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland |
Jun 8 |
Justin Leonard wins golf's Kemper Open at TPC at Avenel |
Jun 8 |
Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic |
Jun 9 |
British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires |
Jun 9 |
Detroit Tigers baseball team bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning |
Jun 10 |
Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful |
Jun 10 |
Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0 |
Jun 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. |
Jun 12 |
1st ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3 |
Jun 13 |
51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2 |
Jun 13 |
Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death |
Jun 13 |
Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov & Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash |
Jun 13 |
American fugitive Ira Einhorn is arrested in France for the murder of Holly Maddux after 16 years on the run, though he would not return for another four years. |
Jun 15 |
"Little Foxes" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 perfs |
Jun 15 |
97th US Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 276 Congressional CC Bethesda Md |
Jun 15 |
British model Naomi Campbell hospitalized due to drug overdose |
Jun 15 |
Danielle Ammaccapane wins Edina Realty LPGA Classic |
Jun 15 |
Du Mauier Senior Golf Champions |
Jun 16 |
31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes |
Jun 16 |
The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people are killed. |
Jun 17 |
NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 & Minneapolis-St Paul & Columbus, Ohio in 2000 |
Jun 19 |
"Forever Tango!" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC |
Jun 20 |
Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry |
Jun 21 |
"Defending the Caveman," closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 671 perfs |
Jun 21 |
35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st |
Jun 21 |
Women's National Basketball Association begins as NY Liberty beats LA Sparks |
Jun 22 |
Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic |
Jun 22 |
Nationwide Senior Golf Championship |
Jun 22 |
Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International |
Jun 22 |
World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24 |
Jun 23 |
Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts |
Jun 23 |
In the Central African Republic, soldiers fire on foreign peacekeepers in the third major rebellion since May |
Jun 24 |
Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom |
Jun 24 |
USAF reports Roswell 'space aliens' were dummies |
Jun 24 |
Mark McGwire hits a 538 foot home run |
Jun 24 |
Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses |
Jun 25 |
Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million |
Jun 25 |
Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 9) |
Jun 25 |
Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful |
Jun 25 |
J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game |
Jun 25 |
NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, & Minn-St Paul |
Jun 25 |
Progress M-34 Collides with & damages Mir Space Station |
Jun 25 |
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 |
Jun 26 |
Galileo, Ganymede Observations (Orbit 9) |
Jun 26 |
The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law |
Jun 26 |
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban |
Jun 26 |
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment |
Jun 26 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published, the first instalment of the best selling series by J. K. Rowling |
Jun 28 |
"Master Class" closes at Golden Theater NYC after 601 performances |
Jun 28 |
"Steel Peer" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 76 perfs |
Jun 28 |
TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant |
Jun 29 |
"American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances |
Jun 29 |
"London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 perfs |
Jun 29 |
18th US Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh |
Jun 29 |
Greg Norman wins PGA St Jude Classic |
Jun 29 |
Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic |
Jun 29 |
Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) |
Jun 29 |
Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss |
Jun 30 |
Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks |
Jul 1 |
Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield |
Jul 1 |
STS 94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit |
Jul 1 |
Britain hands Hong Kong and the New Territories - ceded in 1841 - to the People's Republic of China. |
Jul 3 |
Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit |
Jul 4 |
US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars |
Jul 5 |
104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna |
Jul 5 |
NY Yanks withdraw Kenny Rogers & Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre |
Jul 6 |
"Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale NYC after 109 perfs |
Jul 6 |
111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) |
Jul 6 |
Jamie Farr Kroger Classic |
Jul 6 |
Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Classic |
Jul 6 |
Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10 |
Jul 6 |
Wimbledon Gigi Fernandez & Natasha Zvereva beat N Arendt & M Bollegraf |
Jul 7 |
Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open |
Jul 7 |
Tower Minn temps dip to 24°F |
Jul 8 |
68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland |
Jul 8 |
NATO invites Poland, Hungary & Czech Republic to join |
Jul 9 |
Baseball's triple A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband |
Jul 9 |
Mike Tyson is banned from boxing for biting Holyfield's ear |
Jul 10 |
Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a NY Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3 |
Jul 10 |
Louise Woodward's trial begins in Mass, Nanny murder trial |
Jul 10 |
RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads |
Jul 10 |
Spain, Partido Popular member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests. |
Jul 12 |
Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit |
Jul 12 |
Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn |
Jul 13 |
15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert |
Jul 13 |
52nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas |
Jul 13 |
David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265 |
Jul 13 |
Ford Senior Players Golf Championship |
Jul 13 |
Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77 |
Jul 14 |
Bomb in Algiers kills 21 & wounds 40 |
Jul 15 |
Jerold Mackenzie awarded $26.6M (later reduced to $625,000) for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker |
Jul 17 |
STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands |
Jul 20 |
126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon |
Jul 20 |
American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272 |
Jul 20 |
Burnet Senior Golf Classic |
Jul 20 |
Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic |
Jul 21 |
NY Yank Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault |
Jul 21 |
The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday, setting sail for the first time in 116 years. |
Jul 22 |
Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris |
Jul 22 |
The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. |
Jul 22 |
Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches |
Jul 22 |
The first shipments of oil produced from Kazakhstan's Tengiz field arrive at terminals on the Black Sea for subsequent export through the Bosphoros Strait |
Jul 23 |
Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin & Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them |
Jul 23 |
The US State Department rules that Turkey's agreement to purchase $23 billion worth of natural gas from Iran does not violate the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act |
Jul 25 |
Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby |
Jul 25 |
Carroll O'Connor found not guilty of slandering Harry Perzigian |
Jul 25 |
Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas |
Jul 25 |
QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs |
Jul 25 |
Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling |
Jul 25 |
Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in NYC |
Jul 25 |
K.R. Narayanan is sworn-in as India's 10th president and the first Dalit— formerly called "untouchable"— to hold this office. |
Jul 25 |
Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos |
Jul 27 |
"Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances |
Jul 27 |
"Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 738 performances |
Jul 27 |
Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 |
Jul 27 |
Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship |
Jul 27 |
Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267) |
Jul 27 |
Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic |
Jul 27 |
Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed. |
Jul 28 |
NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs |
Jul 28 |
Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion |
Jul 28 |
Guatemala becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
Jul 29 |
US Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields GC Ill |
Jul 30 |
Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14 |
Jul 30 |
Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, Australia. |
Jul 31 |
A's trade Mark McGwire to St Louis Cardinals |
Aug 3 |
25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker |
Aug 3 |
BankBoston Senior Golf Classic |
Aug 3 |
Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park NY for HBO |
Aug 3 |
Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International |
Aug 3 |
Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; 40-76 villagers killed. |
Aug 4 |
"Keenan Ivory Wayan Show" premieres on Fox TV |
Aug 4 |
185,000 Teamsters union United Parcel Service drivers walk off the job. |
Aug 4 |
In Colombia, international oil company Occidental Petroleum declare force majeure on all oil exports from the Cano Limon field after a series of attacks knocked out a major oil pipeline |
Aug 5 |
Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive |
Aug 5 |
Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial |
Aug 5 |
Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov & Pavel Vinogradov, launched |
Aug 6 |
Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc |
Aug 6 |
NHL Nashville Tenn names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach |
Aug 7 |
STS 85 (Discovery 23) launches into orbit |
Aug 7 |
Ung Huot appointed Cambodia's 1st premier |
Aug 8 |
Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox |
Aug 8 |
The UN approves a sale-price formula for Iraqi crude oil sales under the oil-for-food plan |
Aug 9 |
Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by NYC police |
Aug 9 |
Yanks break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins |
Aug 10 |
36th Walker Cup: US, 18-6 |
Aug 10 |
Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine |
Aug 10 |
Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal |
Aug 10 |
Deb Richard wins LPGA Friendly's Classic |
Aug 10 |
Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic |
Aug 10 |
Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf |
Aug 11 |
Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday |
Aug 13 |
Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the NY Yankees |
Aug 13 |
SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels |
Aug 13 |
South Park's first episode is aired. |
Aug 14 |
"1776" opens at Criterion Theater NYC |
Aug 14 |
Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death |
Aug 14 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open |
Aug 14 |
Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh |
Aug 14 |
Soyuz TM-25 lands |
Aug 15 |
Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR |
Aug 15 |
Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts |
Aug 15 |
LA Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2 |
Aug 16 |
For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) |
Aug 16 |
The South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana wins against the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at First National Bank stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Aug 17 |
79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot GC |
Aug 17 |
First of America Senior Golf Classic |
Aug 17 |
Macy's Tap-o-mania |
Aug 17 |
Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open |
Aug 19 |
NY Yank 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim |
Aug 19 |
STS 85 (Discovery 23) lands |
Aug 20 |
Shelly Moore, 18, of Tenn, crowned 15th Miss Teen USA |
Aug 20 |
Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped. |
Aug 21 |
Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China |
Aug 21 |
US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out |
Aug 24 |
97th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel |
Aug 24 |
Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic |
Aug 24 |
Gordon Spence discovers 2^2976221 - 1 (36th known Mersenne prime) |
Aug 24 |
Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273 |
Aug 24 |
Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265 |
Aug 24 |
Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic |
Aug 25 |
Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy. |
Aug 26 |
Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed. |
Aug 28 |
Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes |
Aug 29 |
At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. |
Aug 30 |
1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat NY Liberty |
Aug 30 |
Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (US Open) |
Aug 31 |
"Gin Game" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances |
Aug 31 |
Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by NY Yankees |
Aug 31 |
Last episode of Rolanda airs |
Aug 31 |
Pittsburgh Senior Golf Classic |
Aug 31 |
Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 268 |
Aug 31 |
Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car crash in a road tunnel, Paris |
Sep 1 |
"Doll's House" closes at Belasco Theater |
Sep 1 |
Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan |
Sep 1 |
Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic |
Sep 1 |
Jerry Lewis' 32nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,500,000 |
Sep 2 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM |
Sep 2 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM |
Sep 3 |
A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. |
Sep 4 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM |
Sep 4 |
14th MTV Awards: Jamiroquai, Jewel & Beck wins |
Sep 5 |
Athens in Greece, selected to host 2004 Olympics |
Sep 5 |
Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game |
Sep 6 |
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales |
Sep 7 |
111th US Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) |
Sep 7 |
117th US Men's Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) |
Sep 7 |
Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic |
Sep 7 |
Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation |
Sep 7 |
Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship |
Sep 7 |
Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275 |
Sep 7 |
The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place. |
Sep 9 |
Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmament |
Sep 10 |
Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million |
Sep 10 |
Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation |
Sep 10 |
Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consec yrs |
Sep 11 |
After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom. |
Sep 12 |
NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle |
Sep 12 |
The UN passes a resolution allowing Iraq to reach the $2.14 billion oil sales limit under its oil-for-food program |
Sep 12 |
The UN passes a resolution allowing Iraq to reach the $2.14 billion oil sales limit under its oil-for-food program |
Sep 13 |
Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat NY Islanders 4-1 |
Sep 13 |
Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998 |
Sep 13 |
Mother Teresa's State Funeral held in India |
Sep 14 |
Bank One Senior Golf Classic |
Sep 14 |
Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's #72 |
Sep 14 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Classic |
Sep 14 |
Loren Roberts wins CVS Charity Golf Classic with a 266 |
Sep 14 |
49th Emmy Awards: Law & Order, Frasier, Dennis Franz & Gillian Anderson win |
Sep 15 |
Edison Intl purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M |
Sep 15 |
Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000 |
Sep 16 |
ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA |
Sep 16 |
Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO |
Sep 16 |
Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cardinals for $26M |
Sep 17 |
Dr Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test |
Sep 18 |
Seve Ballesteros & Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame |
Sep 18 |
Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN |
Sep 18 |
Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) in a referendum on Welsh autonomy. |
Sep 19 |
Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed. |
Sep 20 |
Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive |
Sep 21 |
Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip |
Sep 21 |
Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA PING Welch's Championship |
Sep 21 |
Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a HR out of Dodger Stadium |
Sep 21 |
NY Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th HR |
Sep 21 |
Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271 |
Sep 22 |
Elton John releases Diana tribute "Candle in the Wind 1997" |
Sep 22 |
Marv Albert pleads not guilty to sexual charges |
Sep 22 |
Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed. |
Sep 23 |
Seattle Mariners break record for most HRs in a year (258) |
Sep 24 |
31st Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait wins |
Sep 24 |
Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted list |
Sep 25 |
"ER" is performed live on TV |
Sep 25 |
Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) |
Sep 25 |
Marv Albert plea bargains in assault case |
Sep 25 |
STS 86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit |
Sep 25 |
WNBA announces it will add Detroit & Wash DC franchises |
Sep 26 |
Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 56th HR of 1997 |
Sep 26 |
An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. |
Sep 28 |
32nd Ryder Cup: Europe wins 14½-13½ to retain the Cup at Sotogrande Spain |
Sep 28 |
Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic |
Sep 28 |
Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting |
Sep 28 |
St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hits his 58th HR of 1997 (34 with Oak A's) |
Sep 28 |
Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic |
Sep 29 |
Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins |
Sep 30 |
1st time 3 cons HRs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (NY Yankees) |
Sep 30 |
Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits |
Sep 30 |
Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 |
Sep 30 |
Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6) |
Oct 1 |
Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning |
Oct 1 |
Spice Hot premieres on cable |
Oct 3 |
Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pitts Penguins |
Oct 3 |
Gordie Howie, 69, plays in 7th decade, with IHL'S Detroit Vipers |
Oct 3 |
Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph |
Oct 3 |
Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan |
Oct 4 |
Farm Aid 10 concert in Texas cancelled due to weak ticket sales and moved to Illinois |
Oct 4 |
The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken. |
Oct 5 |
35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Neth (4-1) |
Oct 5 |
Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA CoreStates Betsy King Classic |
Oct 5 |
Davis Love III wins golf's Buick challenge, shooting a 267 |
Oct 5 |
STS 86 (Atlantis 20) lands |
Oct 5 |
Vantage Senior Golf Championship |
Oct 9 |
ABL players allowed to own stock in the league |
Oct 9 |
Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico |
Oct 9 |
NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires |
Oct 9 |
NY Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties |
Oct 9 |
Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo |
Oct 10 |
An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74. |