WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1997
Find out what all happened September to December 1997

Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85. (15. December 1997)

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

In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people. (1. December 1997)

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

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

The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. (15. October 1997)

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

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

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

Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain. (29. December 1997)

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

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

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

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

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

WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time). (10. November 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)