WHAT HAPPENED IN 1997.
Look what happened the 1997.

In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants). (17. November 1997)

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

In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however. (3. December 1997)

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

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

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

A Japanese airing of the "Dennō Senshi Porygon" episode of Pokémon induces seizures in 685 viewers. (16. December 1997)

The British Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 comes into force, banning all handguns with the exception of antique and show weapons. (17. December 1997)

HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium. (18. December 1997)

SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104. (19. December 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)

Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991. (22. December 1997)

The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people. (24. December 1997)

The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore. (26. December 1997)

Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. (27. December 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)

In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people from four villages are killed. (30. December 1997)