1997 events

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 → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. Date: September 11, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets and 21⁄2 billion watch around the world on television. Date: September 6, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. Date: September 3, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

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)

At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. Date: August 29, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service. Date: August 29, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)