The fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. Date: July 20, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland. Date: July 19, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests. Date: July 10, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. Date: July 10, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in…
An explosion aboard a Brazilian airline TAM Fokker 100 launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into a 2,400 meters free fall. Date: July 9, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War. Date: July 7, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland. Date: July 6, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee. Date: July 5, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. Date: July 4, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)