January
Clinton began his second term as President on January 20. February
Scientists cloned dolly the sheep. March
The Hale-Bopp across the sky April
Melting snow flodded the red river in North Dakota, it was the worst flood in hundreds of years. May
The African country Zaïre changed into Congo. June
Britain gave up control of Hong Kong. July
On July 4, the spacecraft Pathfinder landed on Mars to explore. August
Britain's Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris. September
On September 5, Mother Teresa died within a week of princess Diana. October
Fire fighters in Malaysia fought a huge fire. November
Saddan husein refused to allow U.S. inspectors working for the United Nations to search Iraqi weapon sites. December
More than 120 other countries signed a treaty to get rid of land mines.
1. Hong Kong reverts to China July 1 after 156 years of British rule.
2. The House of Representatives votes 395 to 28 January 21 to reprimand Speaker Newt Gingrich and orders him to pay $300,000 as recompense for the expenses he caused the country.
3. Czech-born diplomat Madeleine Albright, is sworn in as U.S. secretary of state January 23, becoming the first woman to hold that office.
4. A federal grand jury at Denver returns a guilty verdict June 2 against Timothy J. McVeigh, who has been charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the 1995 Oklahoma City truck bomb explosion that destroyed the federal building, killed 168 people, and injured hundreds more.
5. Thousands of Turkish women (and some men) march through the streets of Ankara February 15 to protest the policies of the nation's new Islamic-led government.
6. Scottish nationalists win a vote September 11 to establish a legislature of their own for the first time since 1707.
7. Israel's prime minister Netanyahu agrees January 15 after much delay to hand over Hebron on the West Bank to Palestinian control in a deal brokered by U.S. mediator Dennis Ross, but bulldozers begin work in East Jerusalem March 18 on the hilltop Har Homa housing project that has been called "provocative."
8. The United Nations Security Council votes June 11 to tighten restrictions on Iraq if she has not stopped blocking UN inspectors from searching for weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam Hussein has been doing since February 1991.
9. The hostage crisis at Lima ends April 22 after 4 months in which all efforts to negotiate a settlement have failed. Peruvian commandos storm the Japanese ambassadorial residence, kill the 14 Tupac Amaru rebels there, and release 71 hostages.
10. Longtime South Korean dissident Kim Dae-jung is elected president December 18 at age 72, ending 5 decades of one-party rule and becoming the first opposition leader to gain the presidency in Korean history as the nation struggles with its worst economic problems since the end of hostilities with North Korea in 1953.
11. Princess Diana of the United Kingdom, a beloved philanthropist, is killed in a car accident on August 31, 1997.
12. Cytogeneticists create the first karyotype.
See the link below for even more major events from 1997.
= World Events for 1997 = {| ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Event | 1 May Tony Blair elected British Prime Minister 11 May Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in Chess rematch 1 July Hong Kong reverts to China after 156 years as a British Colony August Russian spacestation 'Mir' experiences a series of lifethreatening
malfunctions and accidents. 18 August Millions commemorate the 20th anniversary of Elvis' death 31 AugustBritain's Princess Diana tragically killed in Paris car crash. 31 August Iowa woman gives birth to septuplets; all survive |}
well one of the big events n 1997 was that Princess Diana died in August !. It affected the whole world because of the shock.
What major events happened in history on June, 18, 1975?
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There are many major events that happened in 1920. However, the most popular one was The Great Depression which had impact in the entire world.
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The television was born
all I can say is the Asian financial crisis in 1997
What major events happened on August 24, 2009
What major events happened in history on June, 18, 1975?
No events happened asses
dude wikipedia 1997
The Black Plague is one of the major events.
I was born ;)
what are some major events happened in washington dc during 1787-1900
Question what were some vauluble world events in 1997 what were some important world events that happened in 1997
chernobyl
they die
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