WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1997
Find out what all happened June to November 1997

Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel. (23. July 1997)

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

The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa. (3. November 1997)

Holyfield–Tyson II – Mike Tyson is disqualified in the 3rd round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear. (28. June 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)

Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall. (25. August 1997)

After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. (16. November 1997)

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

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom. (11. September 1997)

An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74. (10. October 1997)

After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo. (25. October 1997)

14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea (11. September 1997)

The Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria; 50 people die. (16. June 1997)

A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. (13. June 1997)

In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago. (10. July 1997)

Twenty-five are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria. (27. November 1997)

Anton Lavey, founder of the Church of Satan, dies in San Francisco of pulmonary edema (29. October 1997)

NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. (4. July 1997)

The fully restored USS Constitution (aka Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years. (20. July 1997)

The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash. (4. October 1997)