Russian Antonov An-24 Charter Plane Crashes, 50 Killed, March 18, 1997

FedEx Express Flight 14 crashes at Newark International Airport, injuring five. Date: July 31, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 Crash Kills 74 in Uruguay, October 10, 1997Deep Blue…

A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan airport, killing 234. Date: September 26, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997WorldCom and MCI Announce $37 Billion Merger, November 10, 1997Sid El-Antri Massacre in Algeria…

Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format. Date: May 11, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This…

Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85. Date: December 15, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Pai Hsiao-yen Kidnapping and Murder in Taiwan, April 14, 1997Chemical…

The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey, causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board. Date: March 18, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)…

The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. Date: April 3, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1997Yasser Arafat Returns to Hebron for…