1997

International Year of the International Years

January

• 10- Dow hits a world high 26.5 percent on the newest stock market game.
• 17- The United States space shuttle joins Russia's space station.

February

• 3- US, UK and France agree to freeze Germany ruler Adolf Hitler and his gold loot.
• 5- O.J. Simpson was found liable in a case.

March

• 19- Heavens Gate was called for a mass suicide.

April

• 8- US Appeals Court upholds California ban on affirmative action.

June

• 26- J.K. Rowling published her first Harry Potter book.

July

• 1- Hong Kong gives the UK a big fat V-sign and storms out. It is later found living in a Chinese opium den.
• 28- Mike Tyson bite some crazy guy's ear off.

August

• 11- Bill Clinton exercises for the first time this year.
• 14- The person known for the Oklahoma bombing was sentenced to death.
• 31- Princess Diana was killed in a car crash.

September

• 5- Mother Teresa was found dead after living for a thousand years.
• 17- Swiss are going to pay to Holocaust guards.

November

• 12- Two people were convicted in the World Trade Center bombing.

December

• 13- The European Union plans to admit six nations.
• 19- The Titanic sinks again on its 3 hour journey with Jack and Rose.