Year 1997

1997 April 13

Tiger Woods breaks multiple records in Masters golf tournament

1997 April 15

Fire kills 300 pilgrims outside Mecca

1997 August 31

Princess Diana, 36, killed with two others in Paris car crash

1997 August 8

U.S. spacecraft transmits thousands of pictures from Mars

1997 December 24

U.S. company launches first commercial spy satellite

1997 December 24

Paris court convicts 'Carlos the Jackal' of murder

1997 January 17

U.S. shuttle joins Russian space station

1997 January 20

President Clinton starts second term

1997 July 15

Andrew Cunanan murders fashion designer Gianni Versace

1997 July 4

U.S. spacecraft begins exploration of Mars

1997 June 30

Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule

1997 March 22

Hale-Bopp comet is the closest it will be to Earth until 4397

1997 March 27

Heaven's Gate cult members commit mass suicide in California

1997 November 17

Egyptian Islamic militants kill 62 at Luxor tourist site

1997 September 17

Swiss plan first payment to Holocaust victims

1997

Iran, Khorassan - 1.000 deads - magnitudo 6,1

1997

Iran, 4.000 deads - magnitudo 7,5

1997

Nobel Prizes Physics: Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, William D. Phillips

1997

Nobel Prizes Literature: Dario Fo (Italy)

1997

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Jens C. Skou, per la scoperta di un enzima ionico nello scambio sodio-potassio

1997

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Paul D. Boyer, John E. Walker, per la loro spiegazione dei meccanismi enzimatici sottesi nella sintesi dell'adenosintrifosfato, ATP

1997

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Stanley B. Prusiner

1997

Nobel Prizes Peace: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams

1997

Nobel Prizes Economy: Robert C. Merton, Myron S. Scholes

1997

Academy Award Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, As Good as It Gets

1997

Academy Award Best Picture: Titanic

1997

Academy Award Best Actress: Helen Hunt, As Good as It Gets

1997

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting

1997

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential

1997

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1997

Academy Award Best Director: James Cameron, Titanic

1997

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Martina Hingis d. Jana Novotná (2-6, 6-3, 6-3)

1997

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls d. Utah Jazz (4-2)

1997

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Pete Sampras d. Cédric Pioline (6-4, 6-2, 6-4)

1997

Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins (NL) 4-3 Cleveland Indians (AL)

1997

Football XXX Super Bowl: Green Bay Packers b. New England Patriots (35-21)

1997

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Borussia Dortmund (Germany)

1997

1997 Playboy cover

1997 August 10

Kylie Jenner, TV personality (born at Los Angeles, California, USA) Leo

1997 May 22

Daft Punk , Group Gemini

1997 March 15

Victor Vasarely, artist (dead at Paris,France) (born 1906 April 09) Aries

1997 December 03

Benito Jacovitti , Fumettista (born 1923 March 19) Pisces

1997 February 19

Deng Xiaoping , Politician

1997 July 15

Gianni Versace , Stilist (dead at Miami Beach,USA) (born 1946 December 02) Sagittarius

1997 December 25

Giorgio Strehler , movie director teatrale (born 1921 August 14) Leo

1997 April 05

Irwing Allen Ginsberg , poet (dead at New York,USA) (born (1926))

1997 June 25

Jacques Cousteau , esploratore, navigatore, militare,oceanografo (born (1910))

1997 July 02

James Maitland Stewart , actor (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1908 May 20) Taurus

1997 July 02

James Stewart , Attore statunitense (born 1908 May 20) Taurus

1997

Princess Diana , Royalty (born (1961))

1997 May 22

Renzo Montagnani , actor, doppiatore (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1930 September 11) Virgo

1997 July 01

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum , actor (dead at Santa Barbara, California,USA) (born 1917 August 06) Leo

1997 December 24

Toshiro Mifune , actor,movie director (born 1920 April 01) Aries

1997 August 02

William S. Burroughs , Novelist, Short Story Writer (born 1914 February 05) Aquarius