WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1997
Find out what all happened March to September 1997

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

An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse. (26. September 1997)

The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. (30. June 1997)

Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members. (10. June 1997)

The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction. (3. March 1997)

A China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people. (8. May 1997)

Kelly Flinn, the US Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court-martial. (22. May 1997)

The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends in Lima, Peru. (22. April 1997)

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

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

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

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

Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day. (9. March 1997)

The Phoenix lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television. (13. March 1997)

Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria; 53 killed. (19. September 1997)

Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. (31. August 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)

Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests. (10. July 1997)

In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was executed four years later. (2. June 1997)

The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but 1 of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas. (3. April 1997)