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February 5 – A Santa Monica jury finds former football legend O. J. Simpson liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. February 8 – Motorcycle stunt rider Corey Scott is killed in front of a crowd of around 30,000 spectators at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida, after a stunt goes terribly wrong.
USA -- Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov. IBM’s Deep Blue chess-playing computer defeated chess champion Garry Kasparov during May. The computer won game 6 of the match-up becoming the first computer to defeat the world champion chess player under tournament conditions.
Nov 3, 2020 · 1997 events are not to be forgotten. From a cult’s mass suicide, a Princess losing her life, and a lone person making it across Antarctica, this timeline highlights the important events that happened in what could arguably be described as one of the most tumultuous years in history for many reasons.
Historical events from year 1997. Learn about 676 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1997 or search by date or keyword.
January 20, 1997 — President Clinton and Vice President Gore begin their second terms. 1997 — Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow Jones Industrial Average follows world markets and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. 1998 — In the 1998 United States elections, the Republicans hold both the House and the Senate.
Nov 7, 2016 · Historical Events for the Year 1997. 1st January » Democratic Republic of the Congo known as Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization. 1st January » Ghanaian diplomacy or diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2040s. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1997 in the United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total. 1997 in the United States by city (12 C) 1997 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) * 1997 events in the United States by month (13 C) /
