Eritrea Adopts Nakfa as Official Currency – November 8, 1997

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 1997Tara Lipinski Becomes Youngest Women’s World Figure Skating Champion, March 22, 1997Space Shuttle Columbia Launches…

Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. Date: August 31, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997FedEx Express Flight 14 Crashes at…

Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country. Date: May 16, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Missionaries of Charity Choose Sister Nirmala as Leader, March 13, 1997Eritrea Adopts Nakfa as Official…

Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths. Date: November 2, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997USS Constitution Sets Sail on 200th Birthday, July 20,…

Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel. Date: July 23, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997China Resumes Sovereignty Over Hong Kong, Ending British Rule – July 1, 1997Miguel Ángel Blanco Kidnapped…

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad. Date: January 17, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day…