Events in 1997

319 notable events from 1997 — murders, air crashes and massacres. Page 1 of 4.

• Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
  Aug 31, 1997 · France · Road accident
• Kobe child murders
  Mar 16, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• Andrew Cunanan
  Apr 27, 1997–Jul 15, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• North Hollywood shootout
  Feb 28, 1997 · United States · Shooting
• 1997 Asian financial crisis
  Jul 2, 1997–1999 · Cambodia · Crisis
• Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.
  Mar 9, 1997 · United States · Shooting
• Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
  1997–2013 · United Kingdom · Crime & justice
• Montreal Screwjob
  Nov 9, 1997 · Canada · Scandal & controversy
• Phoenix Lights
  Mar 13, 1997 · United States · Incident
• Outreau case
  Jan 1, 1997 · France · Scandal & controversy
• Korean Air Flight 801
  Aug 6, 1997 · Guam · Aviation accident
• Murder of Yasuko Watanabe
  Mar 9, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• Francisco de Assis Pereira
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Brazil · Attack (other)
• Pokemon shock
  Dec 16, 1997 · Japan · Accident
• SilkAir Flight 185
  Dec 19, 1997 · Indonesia · Aviation accident
• Donato Bilancia
  Oct 1, 1997–Apr 1, 1998 · Italy · Murder & homicide
• 1997 Albanian civil unrest
  Jan 16, 1997–Aug 11, 1997 · Albania · Riot & unrest
• Luxor massacre
  Nov 17, 1997 · Egypt · Terrorism
• Murder of Ennis Cosby
  Jan 16, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Natasha Cornett
  Apr 6, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Disappearance of Don Lewis
  Aug 18, 1997 · United States · Disappearance
• Jeremy Strohmeyer
  May 25, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Bega schoolgirl murders
  Oct 6, 1997 · Murder & homicide
• Ronald Dominique
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2006 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Operation Chavín de Huántar
  Apr 22, 1997 · Peru · War & armed conflict
• 1997 Central European flood
  Jul 5, 1997–Aug 6, 1997 · Czechia · Natural disaster
• 1997 Renan Antonov An-72 disappearance
  Dec 22, 1997 · Brazil · Disappearance
• Killing of Marta Russo
  May 9, 1997 · Italy · Murder & homicide
• Kelly Gissendaner
  Feb 7, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
  Sep 26, 1997 · Indonesia · Aviation accident
• JT female employee grudge murder case
  Apr 18, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• Killing of Judy Smith
  Apr 10, 1997–Sep 7, 1997 · United States · Disappearance
• Fine Air Flight 101
  Aug 7, 1997 · United States · Aviation accident
• Alfredo Stranieri
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Murder & homicide
• 1997 Heath High School shooting
  Dec 1, 1997 · United States · Shooting
• Lillelid murders
  Apr 6, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• FedEx Express Flight 14
  Jul 31, 1997 · United States · Aviation accident
• Murder of Yakumi Wakacho
  Aug 28, 1997 · Japan · Shooting
• China Southern Airlines Flight 3456
  May 8, 1997 · China · Aviation accident
• Louise Woodward case
  Feb 9, 1997 · United States · Crime & justice
• Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553
  Oct 10, 1997 · Uruguay · Aviation accident
• Mecca fire of 1997
  Apr 15, 1997 · Saudi Arabia · Fire
• Christina Marie Riggs
  Nov 4, 1997 · Murder & homicide
• Keillers Park murder
  Jul 23, 1997 · Sweden · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins
  Feb 15, 1997 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
• Nara Prefecture Tsukigase village girl murder case
  May 4, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• Khmer Rouge Tribunal
  Jan 1, 1997 · Cambodia · Crime & justice
• Murder of Eva Blanco
  Apr 20, 1997 · Spain · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Maryann Measles
  Oct 19, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Murder of wife of attorney Okamura Isao
  Oct 10, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• Chiong murder case
  Jul 16, 1997 · Philippines · Crime & justice
• Tyumen Maniac
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2009 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
• Murder of Sheila Bellush
  Nov 7, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Comair Flight 3272
  Jan 9, 1997 · United States · Aviation accident
• Wayne Adam Ford
  Oct 1, 1997–Nov 3, 1998 · Murder & homicide
• 1997 Pearl High School shooting
  Oct 1, 1997 · United States · Shooting
• Jean-Baptiste Hennequin affair
  Jan 20, 1997 · France · Murder & homicide
• Uphaar Cinema fire
  Jun 13, 1997 · India · Fire
• Murder of Doris Adriana Niño
  May 15, 1997 · Colombia · Murder & homicide
• 1997 Central European flood in Wrocław
  Jul 12, 1997 · Poland · Natural disaster
• José Luis Cabezas
  Jan 25, 1997 · Murder & homicide
• United Airlines Flight 826
  Dec 28, 1997 · Kiribati · Aviation accident
• Virgin Atlantic Flight 024
  Nov 5, 1997 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
• Jourdain brothers affair
  Feb 12, 1997 · France · Murder & homicide
• Acteal massacre
  Dec 22, 1997 · Mexico · Massacre
• 1997 Umbria and Marche earthquakes
  Sep 26, 1997 · Italy · Earthquake
• Disappearance of Kristen Modafferi
  Jun 23, 1997 · United States · Disappearance
• Zephany Nurse
  Apr 30, 1997 · South Africa · Kidnapping & hostage
• 1997 Cambodian coup d'état
  Sep 1997 · Cambodia · Crisis
• Murder of Nancy Adleman
  Jul 29, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Paul Durousseau
  Jan 6, 1997–Jan 20, 2003 · United States · Murder & homicide
• 1997 Irkutsk An-124 crash
  Dec 6, 1997 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
• Murder of Pai Hsiao-yen
  Apr 14, 1997–Apr 28, 1997 · Taiwan · Crime & justice
• Ives Ota case
  Aug 29, 1997 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
• Killing of Brian Deneke
  Dec 12, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• 1997 Turkish military memorandum
  1997 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
• Bentalha massacre
  Sep 22, 1997–Sep 23, 1997 · Algeria · Massacre
• 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak
  May 27, 1997 · United States · Natural disaster
• Mapiripán massacre
  Jul 20, 1997 · Colombia · Massacre
• Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
  Sep 3, 1997 · Cambodia · Aviation accident
• Murder near Narożnik
  Aug 17, 1997 · Poland · Murder & homicide
• Nighttime Killers
  until May 31, 1997 · Ukraine · Murder & homicide
• Franklin DeWayne Alix
  Aug 8, 1997–Jan 4, 1998 · Murder & homicide
• El Aro Massacre
  Oct 22, 1997 · Colombia · Massacre
• Murders of Greg and Kimberly Malnory
  Apr 6, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Deepening Group Incident
  1997–2000 · North Korea · Massacre
• Elroy Chester
  Aug 3, 1997–Feb 6, 1998 · Murder & homicide
• Freddie Eugene Owens
  Nov 1, 1997 · Murder & homicide
• Coy Wayne Wesbrook
  Nov 13, 1997 · United States · Massacre
• Disappearance and death of Marion Barter
  Jun 22, 1997 · Australia · Disappearance
• Mikhail Malyshev
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
• Southall rail crash
  Sep 19, 1997 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
• Lassing mining disaster
  Jul 17, 1997 · Austria · Industrial & structural disaster
• Air Canada Flight 646
  Dec 16, 1997 · Canada · Aviation accident
• Kidnapping of Giuseppe Soffiantini
  Jun 17, 1997–Feb 9, 1998 · Italy · Kidnapping & hostage
• Daryl Holton
  Nov 30, 1997 · United States · War & armed conflict
• Disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel
  Jul 24, 1997 · United States · Disappearance
• Kamyshin school massacre
  Mar 9, 1997 · Russian Federation · Massacre
• 1997 Namibia mid-air collision
  Sep 13, 1997 · Namibia · Aviation accident
• Starbucks murders
  Jul 6, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide