The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. Date: February 5, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Bojnurd earthquake measuring Mw 6.5 strikes Iran. With a Mercalli intensity of VIII, it kills at least 88 and damages 173 villages. Date: February 4, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73. Date: February 4, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State. Date: January 23, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined. Date: January 21, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city. Date: January 19, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches from the Kennedy Space Center on mission STS-81 to the Russian space station Mir, carrying astronaut Jerry M. Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha. Date: January 12, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on…
Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people. Date: January 9, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed. Date: December 30, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 30 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)