WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1997
Find out what all happened March to December 1997

A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234. (26. September 1997)

Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces. (22. December 1997)

Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London. (12. June 1997)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. (26. June 1997)

The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature. (11. December 1997)

Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament. (13. April 1997)

Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria – 93 villagers killed. (22. April 1997)

Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television. (6. September 1997)

Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev TU-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. (3. September 1997)

The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts. (19. May 1997)

Uphaar cinema fire, in New Delhi, India, killed 59 people, and over 100 people injured. (13. June 1997)

Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara. (3. August 1997)

A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67. (6. December 1997)

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales is announced by Buckingham Palace. (1. September 1997)

Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate cult suicides. (26. March 1997)

Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe. (27. September 1997)

About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria. (27. July 1997)

Souhane massacre in Algeria; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped. (20. August 1997)

Beni-Ali massacre in Algeria; 60-100 people killed. (26. August 1997)

Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. (12. November 1997)

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