Fine Air Flight 101 Crashes After Takeoff, Killing Five — August 7, 1997
Date: August 7, 1997
Date: August 7, 1997
The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis. Date: July 2, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 Crashes Near Beigan Airport, 16 Killed, August 10, 1997Israeli…
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Date: February 11, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Turkish Military Memorandum Topples Coalition Government, February 28, 1997Timothy McVeigh Sentenced…
The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario. Date: July 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Si Zerrouk Massacre in Algeria Kills 50, July 27, 1997Tara Lipinski Becomes…
In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later. Date: June 2, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June…
A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma. Date: May 25, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Progress Spacecraft Collides with Mir Space Station, June 25,…
China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Date: July 1, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…