January 1997 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1997 The Republic of Zaire officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Zaire.
• 02 Jan 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus OH on WBZX 99.7 FM
• 03 Jan 1997 Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV
• 05 Jan 1997 Juan Darien-Carnival Mass closes at Vivian Beaumont, New York City
• 06 Jan 1997 In Detroit, Michigan, the North American International Auto Show is held, over ten days. Chevrolet unveils the 1997 Corvette, dubbed "C5". A new small-block V-8 engine is introduced, the LS1, with 345-hp, and 10:1 compression ratio.
• 07 Jan 1997 Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 08 Jan 1997 Intel releases the 166 MHz and 200 MHz Pentium processors with MMX multimedia extension instructions. Bus speed is 66 MHz. They incorporate 4.5 million transistors. Performance of the 200 MHz version is 350 MIPS. Code-name during development was P55C. MMX originally stood for "matrix-multiplication extensions".
• 09 Jan 1997 Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital
• 10 Jan 1997 Rehersal, closes at Criterion Theater, New York City
• 11 Jan 1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
• 12 Jan 1997 17th United Negro College Fund raises
• 15 Jan 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station
• 16 Jan 1997 Ennis Cosby, the 29-year-old only son of actor Bill Cosby, is killed by a gunman while changing a flat tire in Los Angeles, California.
• 17 Jan 1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely, fines him $25,000 for kicking cameraman.
• 18 Jan 1997 Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided.
• 19 Jan 1997 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush
• 20 Jan 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
• 21 Jan 1997 Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.
• 22 Jan 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful
• 23 Jan 1997 Mir Aimal Kasi receives the death sentence for a 1993 assault rifle attack outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters that killed two and wounded three others.
• 25 Jan 1997 71st Australian Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (6-2, 6-2).
• 26 Jan 1997 Ideal Husband closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 308 performances
• 27 Jan 1997 Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, opens at Gershwin, New York City
• 30 Jan 1997 Minuteman III launches
• 31 Jan 1997 Final Fantasy VII is released in Japan.

Famous Birthday

• Cody Simpson

  Australian singer.

• Jeremy Shada

  TV Actor.

• Natalia Dyer

  Actress.

• Lili Sepe
• Luna Schweiger
• Jake Paul

  Vine Star.

• Hollyn

  Gospel Singer.

• LJ Benet

  TV Actor.

• Dylan Brosnan

  American noted family, the son of actor Pierce Brosnan and his girlfriend, Keely Shaye Smith.

• Long ShotBTG

  YouTube Star.

• Jenna Larson

  YouTube Star.

• John-Alan Slachta

  TV Actor.

• Jake Parrish

  Vine Star.

• Lauryn McClain

  American actress and singer.

• Duljuice

  YouTube Star.

• Colby Brock

  Vine Star.

• Connor McDavid

  Hockey Player.

• Stephen Nymberg

  YouTube Star.

• Harold Azuara

  YouTube Star.

• Christopher O'Flyng

  YouTube Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Jeane Dixon

  American astrologer and psychic (d. 1997).

• Jean-Edern Hallier

  French writer and talk-show host, a provocative figure on France's intellectual scene for decades.

• Louis Pauwels

  French journalist and writer (d. 1997).

• Clyde Tombaugh

  American astronomer and academic discovered Pluto (d. 1997).

• John Burgess

  Scottish bagpipe player who was known as "The King of the Highland Pipes.

• Jean Writer-Edern Hallier

  Dies at 60.

• Helen Foster Snow

  Writer, dies at 89.

• Ian Peter Leslie Smith

  Journalist, dies at 52.

• Stephen Fitz-Simon

  Entrepreneur, dies at 59.

• Innis Cosby

  Son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29.

• Mollie Panter-Downes

  Writer, dies at 90.

• David Waller

  Actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76.

• Callum Alexander MacDonald

  Historian, dies at 49.

• Jean Dixon

  Psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79.

• Vince Williams

  Actor (Hamp-Guiding Light), dies of cancer at 39.

• Clyde William Tombaugh

  American astronomer (discovered Pluto), at age 90 (born 1906).

• Osvaldo Soriano

  Writer, dies at 54.

• King Hu

  Film director, dies at 64.

• John Joseph Scanlan

  Irish Catholic prelate (Born 1930).

• James Colin Ross Welch

  Journalist, dies at 72.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
2. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
3. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
4. BLACKstreet - No Diggity
5. Keith Sweat - Nobody

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Spice Girls - 2 Become 1
2. Various Artists - Perfect Day
3. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)
4. Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!
5. Aqua - Barbie Girl