October 1997 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
• 02 Oct 1997 One million men gather for Promise Keepers' ampquotStand in the Gapampquot event in Washington, DC.
• 03 Oct 1997 Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
• 04 Oct 1997 Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales
• 05 Oct 1997 35th Tennis Federation Cup: France beats Netherlands 4-1 in Den Bosch (Netherlands)
• 09 Oct 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league
• 10 Oct 1997 An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.
• 11 Oct 1997 Dennis Rodman returns from 2nd longest NBA suspension (11 games)
• 12 Oct 1997 David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club
• 14 Oct 1997 Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS
• 15 Oct 1997 Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS
• 16 Oct 1997 Side Show, opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 91 performances
• 19 Oct 1997 Annie, closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
• 20 Oct 1997 Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty
• 21 Oct 1997 Cleveland Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game
• 22 Oct 1997 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11
• 23 Oct 1997 Triumph of Love, opens at Royale Theater, New York City
• 24 Oct 1997 Marv Albert sentenced in assault case
• 25 Oct 1997 After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
• 26 Oct 1997 Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational
• 27 Oct 1997 Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161
• 28 Oct 1997 NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
• 30 Oct 1997 Cherry Orchard, opens at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
• 31 Oct 1997 19-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward, convicted by a Cambridge, Massachusetts, jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison.

Famous Birthday

• Bella Thorne

  American actress/model.

• Sierra McCormick

  TV Actress.

• Yuju (singer)
• Raye (singer)
• John Bell (Scottish actor)
• Kira Kosarin

  TV Actress.

• Timothé Nadim
• Peete Twins

  American twins born to "Hangin' With Mr.

• Ava Sambora

  American noted family, daughter of Heather Locklear and Ritchie Sambora.

• Joseph Baena

  American child of noted parent, his father is Arnold Schwarzenegger and his mother is Mildred Baena, who was housekeeper to the...

• Dale Whibley

  TV Actor.

• Aaron Pierce

  Pop Singer.

• Tae Brooks

  Pop Singer.

• Lauren Platt

  Pop Singer.

• Yan Vostrikov

  Vine Star.

• Kenny Knox

  Vine Star.

• Erin Riley

  American two-year-old homicide victim.

• Maddison Bush

  YouTube Star.

• Sage Sivan

  Family Member.

• MYSTLC7

  YouTube Star.

• See more

Famous Deaths

• Anton LaVey

  American founder of the Church of Satan (Born 1930).

• John Denver

  American folk singer, recording artist, club performer and actor.

• Brian Connolly

  Lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52.

• Samuel Fuller

  American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1997).

• Glen Buxton

  American musician who was a guitarist for the Alice Cooper band.

• Andrew Keir

  Actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71.

• Harold Robbins

  American author of popular novels.

• Paul Edwin Zimmer

  Sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54.

• Bill Rotsler

  Cartoonist / writer, dies of cancer at 62.

• Nancy Dickerson

  1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70.

• Roberto C Goizueta

  CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65.

• Dolph Camilli

  Brooklyn Dodger / MVP (1941), dies at 90.

• Toni Carabillo

  Writer (Feminist Chronicles), dies of lymphoma at 71.

• Sam Fuller

  Director / writer (Big Red One), dies at 86.

• Alfred Leslie Rowse

  Historian, dies at 93.

• Joe Cinque

  Australian civil engineer murdered by Anu Singh (Born 1978).

• Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos

  Greek-American astronomer and NASA astrophysicist (Born 1947).

• Paul Jarrico

  American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997).

• Leonid Amalrik

  Russian animator and director (d. 1997).

• Bertrand Goldberg

  American architect designed the Marina City Building(d. 1997).

• See more

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons Of Loneliness
2. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
3. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
4. Mariah Carey - Honey
5. Usher - You Make Me Wanna..

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Will Smith - Men In Black
2. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look / Candle In The Wind
3. Dario G - Sunchyme
4. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
5. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work