Events in 1997

319 notable events from 1997. Page 2 of 4.

• 1997 Drammen bombing
  Jun 4, 1997 · Norway
• 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident
  Oct 13, 1997 · Canada
• Adatara volcanic gas mountaineering accident
  Sep 15, 1997 · Japan
• Daniels family murders
  Dec 4, 1997 · United States
• Allan Grimson
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · New Zealand
• Laxmanpur Bathe massacre
  Dec 1, 1997 · India
• Japan Airlines Flight 706
  Jun 8, 1997 · Japan
• 1997 Red River flood
  1997 · —
• Murder of Aaron Palmer
  Jun 1, 1997 · United States
• Morrone killings
  Aug 20, 1997 · Italy
• Murders of Kate Bushell and Lyn Bryant
  1997 · United Kingdom
• Patrick Franklin Andrews
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2007 · —
• Tragedy of Otranto
  Mar 28, 1997 · Italy
• Murders of Elisa Marafini and Patrizio Bovi
  Mar 9, 1997 · Italy
• Murder of Kate Bushell
  Nov 15, 1997 · United Kingdom
• Ghulja incident
  Feb 7, 1997 · China
• Ramses Gaichayev
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation
• Vadim Krotov
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation
• 1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting
  Feb 19, 1997 · United States
• 1997 Cuba hotel bombings
  Sep 4, 1997 · Cuba
• Murders of Harold and Joey Pugh
  Jul 20, 1997 · United States
• Kidnapping of Silvia Melis
  Feb 19, 1997–Nov 11, 1997 · Italy
• Murder of Galdino dos Santos
  Apr 20, 1997 · Brazil
• Cécile Vallin case
  Jun 8, 1997 · France
• 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster
  Feb 4, 1997 · Israel
• 1997 Ōtsuki Station train collision
  Oct 12, 1997 · Japan
• Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fire
  Jul 11, 1997 · Thailand
• Grant Hadwin
  Feb 14, 1997 · Canada
• Otherside Lounge bombing
  Feb 21, 1997 · United States
• 1997 Detroit shootings
  Mar 11, 1997 · United States
• Rais massacre
  Aug 28, 1997 · Algeria
• Christine Malèvre
  Feb 1, 1997 · France
• Bulacio v. Argentina
  May 13, 1997–Sep 18, 2003 · Argentina
• Operation Northern Watch
  Jan 1, 1997–Mar 17, 2003 · Iraq
• Operation Libelle
  Mar 14, 1997 · Albania
• Murder of Kazue Perron
  Nov 14, 1997 · United States
• Maccabiah bridge collapse
  Jul 14, 1997 · Israel
• Neguinho de Zé Ferreira
  Jan 1, 1997 · —
• Mikhail Zaika
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation
• Roland Bondonny
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2001 · France
• Carl Drega
  Aug 19, 1997 · —
• Ansariya ambush
  Sep 1997 · Lebanon
• Bellevue murders
  Jan 4, 1997 · United States
• Murder of Alvise di Robilant
  Jan 15, 1997 · Italy
• Reptowo derailment
  May 5, 1997 · Poland
• TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 283
  Jul 9, 1997 · Brazil
• Igor Churasov
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2000 · Russian Federation
• Cristina Bergua case
  Mar 9, 1997 · Spain
• Nagareyama women murder case
  May 18, 1997 · Japan
• Aerosvit Flight 241
  Dec 17, 1997 · Greece
• 1997 Cariaco earthquake
  Jul 9, 1997 · Venezuela
• Raurimu massacre
  Feb 8, 1997 · New Zealand
• Chiba City metropolitan high school teacher robbery-murder incident
  Feb 8, 1997 · Japan
• Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
  Dec 15, 1997 · United Arab Emirates
• South Florida serial murders
  Feb 25, 1997–Aug 1, 2001 · United States
• Murder of Albert Hale
  Mar 6, 1997 · United States
• 1997 Coimbatore riots
  Nov 29, 1997 · India
• Vladimir Bratilov
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Russian Federation
• Itaewon murder case
  Apr 3, 1997 · South Korea
• Sau Mau Ping gang murder
  May 14, 1997 · Hong Kong
• 1997 Coalisland attack
  Mar 26, 1997 · United Kingdom
• 1997 Empire State Building shooting
  Feb 23, 1997 · United States
• Murder of Mikhail Manevich
  Aug 18, 1997 · Russian Federation
• Brandon Hedrick
  May 10, 1997 · —
• Alexander Pirovskih
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation
• Alexander family hostage crisis
  Nov 18, 1997 · Taiwan
• Hastings Arthur Wise
  Sep 15, 1997 · United States
• DeWayne Lee Harris
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · —
• Aleksandr Rubel
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Estonia
• Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–1998)
  May 22, 1997 · Afghanistan
• Killing of Eddie Werner
  Sep 27, 1997 · United States
• Alexander Bushuyev
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2002 · Russian Federation
• Robert Rembert
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2015 · United States
• 1997 Northern Ireland riots
  Jul 6, 1997–Jul 11, 1997 · United Kingdom
• Typhoon Paka
  Nov 28, 1997–Dec 23, 1997 · —
• Fyodor Prodan
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2017 · Russian Federation
• Island of Peace massacre
  Mar 13, 1997 · Israel
• Grangegorman killings
  Mar 6, 1997 · Ireland
• Thalit massacre
  Apr 4, 1997 · Algeria
• 1997 Southeast Asian haze
  1997 · Indonesia
• Sindone Chapel fire
  Apr 11, 1997 · Italy
• David Avendaño Ballina
  Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2007 · Mexico
• 1997 Kagoshima earthquake
  Mar 26, 1997 · Japan
• Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023
  Mar 18, 1997 · Russian Federation
• 1997 Melavalavu massacre
  Jun 30, 1997 · India
• 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings
  Feb 25, 1997 · China
• Sanaa school shooting
  Mar 30, 1997 · Yemen
• 1997 Qayen earthquake
  May 10, 1997 · Iran
• Elsterwerda train disaster
  Nov 20, 1997 · Germany
• PNC Tōkai Works fire and explosion
  Mar 11, 1997 · Japan
• Air Littoral Flight 701A
  Jul 30, 1997 · Italy
• Favela Naval case
  Mar 31, 1997 · Brazil
• Vermilion County, Illinois bombings
  Dec 30, 1997 · United States
• Murder of Marion and Romy van Buuren
  Jun 8, 1997 · Netherlands
• Cypriot S-300 crisis
  1997–1998 · Cyprus
• 1997 Indonesian forest fires
  1997 · Indonesia
• 1997 Piacenza train accident
  Jan 12, 1997 · Italy
• Chispas case
  1997 · Chile
• Beni Messous massacre
  Sep 5, 1997 · Algeria
• Araucanía conflict
  from Dec 1, 1997 · Chile