319 notable events from 1997 — murders, air crashes and massacres. Page 2 of 4.
- 1997 Drammen bombing
Jun 4, 1997 · Norway · Crime & justice
- 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident
Oct 13, 1997 · Canada · Road accident
- Adatara volcanic gas mountaineering accident
Sep 15, 1997 · Japan
- Daniels family murders
Dec 4, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Allan Grimson
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · New Zealand · Murder & homicide
- Laxmanpur Bathe massacre
Dec 1, 1997 · India · Massacre
- Japan Airlines Flight 706
Jun 8, 1997 · Japan · Aviation accident
- 1997 Red River flood
1997 · Natural disaster
- Murder of Aaron Palmer
Jun 1, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Morrone killings
Aug 20, 1997 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Murders of Kate Bushell and Lyn Bryant
1997 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Patrick Franklin Andrews
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2007 · Murder & homicide
- Tragedy of Otranto
Mar 28, 1997 · Italy · Maritime disaster
- Murders of Elisa Marafini and Patrizio Bovi
Mar 9, 1997 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Kate Bushell
Nov 15, 1997 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Ghulja incident
Feb 7, 1997 · China · Massacre
- Ramses Gaichayev
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Vadim Krotov
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- 1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting
Feb 19, 1997 · United States · Shooting
- 1997 Cuba hotel bombings
Sep 4, 1997 · Cuba · Bombing & explosion
- Murders of Harold and Joey Pugh
Jul 20, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Kidnapping of Silvia Melis
Feb 19, 1997–Nov 11, 1997 · Italy · Kidnapping & hostage
- Murder of Galdino dos Santos
Apr 20, 1997 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- Cécile Vallin case
Jun 8, 1997 · France · Disappearance
- 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster
Feb 4, 1997 · Israel · Aviation accident
- 1997 Ōtsuki Station train collision
Oct 12, 1997 · Japan · Rail accident
- Royal Jomtien Resort Hotel fire
Jul 11, 1997 · Thailand · Fire
- Grant Hadwin
Feb 14, 1997 · Canada · Disappearance
- Otherside Lounge bombing
Feb 21, 1997 · United States · Terrorism
- 1997 Detroit shootings
Mar 11, 1997 · United States · Shooting
- Rais massacre
Aug 28, 1997 · Algeria · Massacre
- Christine Malèvre
Feb 1, 1997 · France · Scandal & controversy
- Bulacio v. Argentina
May 13, 1997–Sep 18, 2003 · Argentina · Crime & justice
- Operation Northern Watch
Jan 1, 1997–Mar 17, 2003 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
- Operation Libelle
Mar 14, 1997 · Albania · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Kazue Perron
Nov 14, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Maccabiah bridge collapse
Jul 14, 1997 · Israel · Industrial & structural disaster
- Neguinho de Zé Ferreira
Jan 1, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- Mikhail Zaika
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Roland Bondonny
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2001 · France · Scandal & controversy
- Carl Drega
Aug 19, 1997 · Shooting
- Ansariya ambush
Sep 1997 · Lebanon · War & armed conflict
- Bellevue murders
Jan 4, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Alvise di Robilant
Jan 15, 1997 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Reptowo derailment
May 5, 1997 · Poland · Rail accident
- TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 283
Jul 9, 1997 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Igor Churasov
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2000 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Cristina Bergua case
Mar 9, 1997 · Spain · Scandal & controversy
- Nagareyama women murder case
May 18, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Aerosvit Flight 241
Dec 17, 1997 · Greece · Aviation accident
- 1997 Cariaco earthquake
Jul 9, 1997 · Venezuela · Earthquake
- Raurimu massacre
Feb 8, 1997 · New Zealand · Massacre
- Chiba City metropolitan high school teacher robbery-murder incident
Feb 8, 1997 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
Dec 15, 1997 · United Arab Emirates · Aviation accident
- South Florida serial murders
Feb 25, 1997–Aug 1, 2001 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Albert Hale
Mar 6, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1997 Coimbatore riots
Nov 29, 1997 · India · Riot & unrest
- Vladimir Bratilov
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Itaewon murder case
Apr 3, 1997 · South Korea · Murder & homicide
- Sau Mau Ping gang murder
May 14, 1997 · Hong Kong · Crime & justice
- 1997 Coalisland attack
Mar 26, 1997 · United Kingdom · Attack (other)
- 1997 Empire State Building shooting
Feb 23, 1997 · United States · Terrorism
- Murder of Mikhail Manevich
Aug 18, 1997 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Brandon Hedrick
May 10, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- Alexander Pirovskih
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1999 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Alexander family hostage crisis
Nov 18, 1997 · Taiwan · Kidnapping & hostage
- Hastings Arthur Wise
Sep 15, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- DeWayne Lee Harris
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Aleksandr Rubel
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 1998 · Estonia · Murder & homicide
- Battles of Mazar-i-Sharif (1997–1998)
May 22, 1997 · Afghanistan · War & armed conflict
- Killing of Eddie Werner
Sep 27, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Alexander Bushuyev
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2002 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Robert Rembert
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2015 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1997 Northern Ireland riots
Jul 6, 1997–Jul 11, 1997 · United Kingdom · Riot & unrest
- Typhoon Paka
Nov 28, 1997–Dec 23, 1997 · Natural disaster
- Fyodor Prodan
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2017 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Island of Peace massacre
Mar 13, 1997 · Israel · Terrorism
- Grangegorman killings
Mar 6, 1997 · Ireland · Murder & homicide
- Thalit massacre
Apr 4, 1997 · Algeria · Massacre
- 1997 Southeast Asian haze
1997 · Indonesia · Fire
- Sindone Chapel fire
Apr 11, 1997 · Italy · Fire
- David Avendaño Ballina
Jan 1, 1997–Jan 1, 2007 · Mexico · Person
- 1997 Kagoshima earthquake
Mar 26, 1997 · Japan · Earthquake
- Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023
Mar 18, 1997 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1997 Melavalavu massacre
Jun 30, 1997 · India · Massacre
- 1997 Ürümqi bus bombings
Feb 25, 1997 · China · Bombing & explosion
- Sanaa school shooting
Mar 30, 1997 · Yemen · Massacre
- 1997 Qayen earthquake
May 10, 1997 · Iran · Earthquake
- Elsterwerda train disaster
Nov 20, 1997 · Germany · Rail accident
- PNC Tōkai Works fire and explosion
Mar 11, 1997 · Japan · Fire
- Air Littoral Flight 701A
Jul 30, 1997 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Favela Naval case
Mar 31, 1997 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- Vermilion County, Illinois bombings
Dec 30, 1997 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Marion and Romy van Buuren
Jun 8, 1997 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- Cypriot S-300 crisis
1997–1998 · Cyprus · Crisis
- 1997 Indonesian forest fires
1997 · Indonesia · Fire
- 1997 Piacenza train accident
Jan 12, 1997 · Italy · Rail accident
- Chispas case
1997 · Chile · Crime & justice
- Beni Messous massacre
Sep 5, 1997 · Algeria · Massacre
- Araucanía conflict
from Dec 1, 1997 · Chile · War & armed conflict