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What Happened In January 1997 In History

Historical Events for January, 1997

  • 1st » Democratic Republic of the Congo known as Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization.
  • 1st » Ghanaian diplomacy or diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations.
  • 3rd » China announces it will spend United States dollar called US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze River known as Yangtze and Yellow River valleys.
  • 17th » A Delta 2 carrying a Global Positioning System or GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
  • 19th » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
  • 21st » The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
  • 23rd » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
  • 23rd » Greek Serial Killer Antonis Daglis is sentenced to thirteen consecutive life sentences, plus 25 years for the serial slayings of three women and the attempted murder of six others.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1997

  • 4th » Răzvan Popa, Romanian footballer
  • 7th » Ayumi Ishida (Morning Musume member) e.g Ayumi Ishida, Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Dorothy Little Happy)
  • 11th » Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 17th » Jack Vidgen, Australian singer-songwriter
  • 21st » Jeremy Shada, American actor
  • 24th » Dylan Riley Snyder, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 26th » Vasileios Charalampopoulos, Greek basketball player
  • 26th » Ieva Gaile, Latvian figure skater
  • 27th » Peyton Ernst, American gymnast
  • 29th » Death of Ali Jawad al-Sheikh or Ali Jawad al-Sheikh, Bahraini protester (d. 2011)

Famous Deaths for January 1997

  • 1st » Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
  • 1st » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
  • 2nd » Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Spirit (band) named Spirit and The Blue Flame) (b. 1951)
  • 4th » Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
  • 5th » André Franquin, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1924)
  • 5th » Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (b. 1912)
  • 6th » Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress (b. 1912)
  • 8th » Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
  • 9th » Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
  • 9th » Jesse White (actor) e.g Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
  • 10th » Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
  • 10th » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, producer, and director (b. 1907)
  • 10th » Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
  • 12th » Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
  • 12th » Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
  • 14th » Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
  • 16th » Ennis Cosby, American educator (b. 1969)
  • 16th » Markus Hoffmann, German actor (b. 1971)
  • 17th » Bert Kelly, Australian politician (b. 1912)
  • 17th » Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (b. 1906)
  • 18th » Paul Tsongas, American politician (b. 1941)
  • 18th » Adriana Caselotti, American voice actress and singer (b. 1916)
  • 19th » Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b. 1916)
  • 19th » James Dickey, American poet and author (b. 1923)
  • 20th » Curt Flood, American baseball player (b. 1938)
  • 21st » Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (b. 1909)
  • 22nd » Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
  • 22nd » Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (Associates (band) known as Associates) (b. 1957)
  • 22nd » Wally Whyton, English singer-songwriter and broadcaster (The Vipers Skiffle Group) (b. 1929)
  • 23rd » Richard Berry (musician) named Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (The Flairs) (b. 1935)
  • 24th » Dr. Jerry Graham, American wrestler (b. 1921)
  • 25th » Dan Barry (cartoonist) known as Dan Barry, American cartoonist (b. 1923)
  • 26th » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
  • 27th » Gerald Marks, American songwriter (b. 1900)
  • 31st » John Joseph Scanlan, Irish-American bishop (b. 1930)

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