Year I was Born 1997 Thomas Basham

 OJ Simpson found liable in lawsuit in the lawsuit of killing his estranged wife  Heaven’s Gate members commit mass suicide in Cali.  Scientist announce that a sheep, Dolly, has been successfully cloned  Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in Paris, France  Tiger Woods becomes the youngest winner of the master golf tournament  Bill Clinton starts second term as President  NASA’s Pathfinder lands on the surface of Mars  Tony Blair announced as Prime Minister of the U.K.

 The top 10 song (according to Billboard magazine) ▪ Candle in the Wind –Elton John ▪ Foolish Games – Jewel ▪ I’ll be missing you – Puff Daddy ▪ Un-break my heart – Toni Braxton ▪ Can’t nobody hold me down – Puff Daddy ▪ I believe I can fly R. Kelly ▪ Don’t let go – En Vogue ▪ Return of the Mack- Mark Morrison ▪ How do I live – LeAnn Rimes ▪ Wannabe – Spice Girls

 The top 10 grossing films of 1997 are:  Titanic  The Lost World: Jurassic Park  Men in Black  Tomorrow never dies  Air Force One  As Good as it Gets  Liar Liar  My Best Friend’s Wedding  The Fifth Element  The Full Monty

 Israel gives up a large part of the city of Hebron  Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule  US, UK, and France freeze Nazi’s gold loot  Albania erupts in a state of anarchy when a third of the population loses money in a pyramid scheme  Mother Teresa dies at age 87  Switzerland pays Holocaust victims

 Floods cause high damage in Western US  Clinton for a second term  US jobless rate at 4.8%, lowest since 1973  US spacecraft explores Mars  Major Tax cuts are voted on by Congress  White House and GOP agree on budget balance  Tornados wreak havoc in central US

 Green Bay Packers win Super Bowl XXXI  Jeff Gordon becomes youngest driver to win Daytona 500  Florida Marlins win the World Series  Detroit wins the Stanley cup  Arizona wins the NCAA basketball championship

 The television rating system is put in place  Harry Potter and the Sorceress's Stone published in the UK  The English Patient wins Academy Award for best picture  Tara Dawn Holland becomes Miss America  Entertainment Tonight airs for the four thousandth time  Star Wars re-released on DVD

 Microsoft bails out Apple for $150 million  Steve Jobs returns to Apple computers Inc.  Internet Explorer 4 released  Microsoft becomes the worlds most valuable company, at $261 billion  A world record for land speed is set  The comet Hale-Bopp coems the closest it will to Earth until 4397