WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1997
Find out what all happened August to October 1997

The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), exactly 50 years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere. (15. October 1997)

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

October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. (27. October 1997)

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

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

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

Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. (31. August 1997)

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

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)

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

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

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. (11. September 1997)

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

United States media magnate Ted Turner donates USD 1 billion to the United Nations. (18. September 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)

At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. (29. August 1997)

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

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