March 1997 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• Camila Cabello

  Pop Singer.

• Martina Stoessel

  TV Actress.

• Becky G

  Rapper.

• Simone Biles

  Black American young prodigy, artistic gymnast.

• Katie Ledecky

  Swimmer.

• Lisa (singer)
• Madeleine Arthur
• Adel Kermiche
• Rúben Neves

  Portuguese footballer.

• Alisha Boe
• Denise Tantucci
• Ethan Atwood
• Brice Rivera

  Vine Star.

• GretchenLovesBeauty

  YouTube Star.

• Alex Reininga

  YouTube Star.

• Matreya Fedor

  TV Actress.

• Julia Barretto

  TV Actress.

• Harris J

  Pop Singer.

• Ben Mader

  Rapper.

• Liam Martin

  Instagram Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Anthony Hopkins

  Welch actor who is an outstanding international player in both films and TV.

• Victor Vasarely

  Hungarian / French painter / author (Op Art).

• Jean-Dominique Bauby

  French journalist, editor-in-chief of Elle magazine from 1995.

• Marshall Applewhite

  American cult leader who led 39 members of "Heaven's Gate" to their death by suicide on 3/27/97.

• Fred Zinnemann

  Austrian-born American director (High Noon (1952), From here to Eternity (1953), Oklahoma (1955), A Man for all Seasons (1966), The Day of...

• Alexander Salkind

  Producer (Superman), dies at 75.

• The Notorious BIG

  American rapper (Born 1972).

• W V Awdry

  English children's writer (Born 1911).

• Stanislav Shatalin

  Russian economist (500 Days), dies.

• Carlo Fassi

  figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at age 67.

• Laxmishankar Pathak

  food retailer, dies at age 62.

• Joe Baker-Cresswell

  English Royal Navy officer (Born 1901).

• Edouard Klabinski

  Polish professional racing cyclist (Born 1920).

• E H Bronner

  German-American soap magnate (Born 1908).

• V S Pritchett

  British writer and critic (Born 1900).

• Harold Melvin

  American singer ( & the Blue Notes) (Born 1939).

• Roberto Sanchez Vilella

  The second Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, holding the position from 1965 to 1969.

• Terry Nation

  Welsh novelist and screenwriter, creator of the Daleks (Born1930).

• Martin Caidin

  American author and screenwriter (d. 1997).

• Michael Manley

  Jamaican pilot and politician 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Spice Girls - Wannabe
2. Puff Daddy - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
3. Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
4. Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
5. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. No Mercy - Where Do You Go
2. No Doubt - Don't Speak
3. The Spice Girls - Mama / Who Do You Think You Are?
4. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)
5. Sash! - Encore Une Fois