Titanic Premieres at Tokyo Festival, Launching Global Blockbuster Career – November 1, 1997

The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction. Date: August 3, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997British Scientists Announce Dolly…

Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing, is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder. Date: April 14, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Turkish Military Memorandum Topples Coalition Government February…

Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion. Date: March 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Bank of England Gains Independence from Political Control May…

Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: September 14, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Sierra Leone Military Coup Replaces…

Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces. Date: December 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On…

Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. Date: March 26, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Deep Blue Defeats Garry Kasparov in Chess Rematch, May 11, 1997Ottawa Treaty Signed by 121…