Beni Ali Massacre in Algeria Leaves 60-100 Dead, August 26, 1997
Date: August 26, 1997
Date: August 26, 1997
After takeoff from Husein Sastranegara International Airport, Sempati Air Flight 304 crashes into a residential neighborhood in Bandung, killing 28 people. Date: July 17, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 17 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Comet Hale-Bopp at Perihelion…
Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait. Date: September 11, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 11 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Bojnurd Earthquake…
Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 crashes in the Lambir Hills National Park while on approach to Miri Airport in Malaysia, killing 10. Date: September 6, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 6 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Bank of England…
Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-83. However, the mission is later cut short due to a fuel cell problem. Date: April 4, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 4 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Cassini Probe…
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 β π Other events on December 22 π Events on this day in 1997 π On…
A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma. Date: May 25, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 25 π Events on this day in 1997 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Austral LΓneas AΓ©reas Flight 2553 Crash Kills 74 in…