March 1997 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 1997.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 1997: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1997?

Events

01 Mar 1997 Mandy Patinkin in Concert, opens at Lyceum Theater, New York City
02 Mar 1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia).
03 Mar 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville NC on WRCQ 103.5 FM
04 Mar 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU).
05 Mar 1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells selected for American Baseball Hall of Fame.
07 Mar 1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards
09 Mar 1997 Senior Golf Slam
11 Mar 1997 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
12 Mar 1997 Mikail Markhasev is arrested in Los Angeles, California and charged with shooting Bill Cosby's 27-year-old son, Ennis Cosby.
13 Mar 1997 The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
14 Mar 1997 President Bill Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery.
16 Mar 1997 Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
17 Mar 1997 The Dow Jones Industrial Average removes Westinghouse Electric, Texaco Incorporated, Bethlehem Steel, and Woolworth from its index, replacing them with Travelers Group, Hewlett-Packard Company, Johnson & Johnson, and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated.
18 Mar 1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die
19 Mar 1997 Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer
20 Mar 1997 Play On!, opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 61 performances
21 Mar 1997 Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov
22 Mar 1997 Sunset Boulevard, closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances
23 Mar 1997 Mandy Patinkin in Concert, closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
24 Mar 1997 69th Academy Awards: The English Patient, Tom Cruise and Frances McDormand win.
25 Mar 1997 Barrymore, opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
26 Mar 1997 Annie, opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
27 Mar 1997 Young Man From Atlanta, opens at Longacre NYC for 85 performances
29 Mar 1997 Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
30 Mar 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
31 Mar 1997 Daytime to Remember a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV
26 Mar 1997 Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.