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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 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 January 1997: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1997?


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.

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Music charts

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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Un-Break My Heartyoutube
  2. - I Believe I Can Fly
  3. - Don't Let Go (Love)
  4. - No Diggity
  5. - Nobody

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - 2 Become 1
  2. - Perfect Day
  3. - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)
  4. - Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!
  5. - Barbie Girl

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Brass Eye

Brass Eye

Release year: 1997

Starring: Christopher Morris, Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Doon Mackichan

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Forgotten Toys

The Forgotten Toys

Release year: 1997

Directed by: Graham Ralph

Lost Highway

Lost Highway

Release year: 1997

Directed by: David Lynch

Starring: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, John Roselius, Louis Eppolito

Country: United States of America

Love Jones

Love Jones

Release year: 1997

Directed by: Theodore Witcher

Starring: Larenz Tate, Nia Long, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Nicole Carson

Chasing Amy

Chasing Amy

Release year: 1997

Directed by: Kevin Smith

Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Ethan Suplee, Scott Mosier

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in January 1997?
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The Third Twin by Ken Follett

The Third Twin

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Genetic researcher Jeanie Ferami discovered identical twins in a restricted FBI database. She is terrified by the bizarre discovery and determined to find the truth, even if it means she becomes embroiled in a scandal that …

The Fallen Man by Tony Hillerman

The Fallen Man

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The remains of a murder victim whose bones have remained undiscovered for over a decade lie on a ledge below Ship Rock mountain's peak. A sniper's bullet kills a harmless canyon guide who has traveled three hundred miles across the …

Dogbert'S Top Secret Management Handbook by Scott Adams

Dogbert'S Top Secret Management Handbook

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Hinter closed doors in corporate management lies a manifesto that is so devious, so subtle, and so diabolic. It has the power to turn normal people into paradigm-spewing zombies.

Blood And Honor by W. E. B. Griffin

Blood And Honor

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His three popular series Brotherhood of War and The Corps, as well as his W.E.B.-winning Badge of Honor, W.E.B., were hugely successful. Griffin's novel about World War II espionage Honor Bound was a bestseller immediately:

The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva

The Unlikely Spy

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Winston Churchill said that truth is so valuable that it should always be protected by a bodyguard full of lies, during wartime. This meant that Britain had to find the most unlikely agent possible for counterintelligence operations.