July 1997 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield
• 02 Jul 1997 Tom Walters Sr. of Meridian, Mississippi wins powerball of US$11 million.
• 03 Jul 1997 Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
• 04 Jul 1997 US space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars
• 05 Jul 1997 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna
• 06 Jul 1997 Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical, closes at Royale NYC after 109 performances
• 07 Jul 1997 The Great Flood begins in southern Poland.
• 08 Jul 1997 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland
• 10 Jul 1997 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
• 12 Jul 1997 Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive gane with out being no-hit
• 13 Jul 1997 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert
• 14 Jul 1997 Bomb in Algiers kills 21 andwounds 40
• 15 Jul 1997 In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home.
• 16 Jul 1997 Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker
• 17 Jul 1997 STS 94 (Columbia 23), lands
• 20 Jul 1997 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon
• 21 Jul 1997 200-year-old USS Constitution sails under its own power
• 22 Jul 1997 Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris
• 23 Jul 1997 Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them
• 24 Jul 1997 Spree killer Andrew Cunanan commits suicide in a Miami houseboat.
• 25 Jul 1997 Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby
• 26 Jul 1997 Apple Computer releases Mac OS 8.0 for US$99. Code-name during development was Tempo.
• 27 Jul 1997 Candide, closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
• 28 Jul 1997 Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks
• 29 Jul 1997 US Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club - Illinois
• 30 Jul 1997 Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14

Famous Birthday

• Malala Yousafzai

  Pakistani girl (born in Mingora) school pupil and education activist.

• Leo Howard

  American actor.

• Gatlin Green
• Park Ji-min (1997)
• Mia McKenna-Bruce

  TV Actress.

• Daniela Nieves

  TV Actress.

• Tez Mengestu

  Instagram Star.

• Park Ji-min

  Pop Singer.

• Carl Riemer

  YouTube Star.

• Kid Lucas

  Vine Star.

• PrankNation

  YouTube Star.

• Zac Mann

  Vine Star.

• Caito Potatoe

  YouTube Star.

• Shauna Case

  TV Actress.

• Noah Brown

  YouTube Star.

• HeyThereImShannon

  YouTube Star.

• Santo August

  Rapper.

• Hannah Renee

  YouTube Star.

• Danababy

  Vine Star.

• Taylor Marie

  Vine Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Gianni Versace

  Italian fashion designer, a couturiere who made Milan a fashion center for his theatrical, outrageous styles, metal-mesh dresses,...

• Robert Mitchum

  American film actor, author, composer and singer.

• Dora Maar

  French artist (photographer and painter), and lover and muse of Pablo Picasso.

• Eugene Shoemaker

  American astrogeologist and U.S.

• Charles Kuralt

  American broadcast journalist who won virtually every major award for TV journalism.

• Ben Hogan

  Golfer (Masters, British Open, US Open-1953), dies at 84.

• Beam Dai

  Head of South Vietnam (1949-55).

• Bo Dai

  Last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 85.

• Ulrich Ernst Simon

  Theologian, dies at 63.

• Saw Maung

  General / President of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92).

• William J Brennan

  Supreme Court Justice (1956-90), dies at 91.

• Chuhei Nambu

  Japanese long and triple jumper (Born 1904).

• Mrs Elva Miller

  American singer (Born 1907).

• Miguel Angel Blanco

  Spanish politician (Born 1968).

• Eugene Merle Shoemaker

  American astronomer (Born 1928).

• Rosalie Crutchley

  English actress (Born 1920).

• Bao ?ai

  Emperor of Vietnam (Born 1913).

• Andrew Cunanan

  American homicide; the murderer of fashion designer Gianni Versace on 7/15/1997, 8:44 AM, near the doorway of Versace's posh South Beach...

• Charles Drake

  Geologist, dies of heart attack at 92.

• Alexandra Danilova

  Russian-American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1997).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You
2. Hanson - MMMbop
3. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
4. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
5. The Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Hanson - Mmm Bop
2. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You
3. Eternal featuring BeBe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One
4. Sash! featuring Rodriguez - Ecuador
5. Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)