What Happened in 1997

1997 — year

1997 Asian financial crisis — financial crisis in many East/Southeast Asian countries starting in 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997 — 42nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

1997 Formula One World Championship — sports season

1997 Copa América — 1997 edition of the Copa América association football competition

1997 in film — overview of the events of 1997 in film

UEFA Women's Euro 1997 — 1997 edition of the UEFA Women's Euro

1997–98 UEFA Cup — 27th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

1997 World Men's Handball Championship — 1997 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship

EuroBasket 1997 — 1997 edition of the Eurobasket

1997 UEFA Super Cup — tournament

1997 World Women's Handball Championship — 1997 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

1997 FIFA World Youth Championship — 11th FIFA U-20 World Cup

deaths in 1997 — Wikimedia list article

1997 Intercontinental Cup — football match

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships — 1997 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships

1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup — international football competition

Norwegian rocket incident — false alarm incident

1997 Giro d'Italia — cycling race

1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships — 1997 edition of the IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championship

1997 in music — overview of music-related events during the year of 1997

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship — International football competition

Kyoto Protocol — international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup — 3rd FIFA Confederations Cup, held in Saudi Arabia

Ottawa Treaty — treaty aimed at eliminating anti-personnel landmines around the world

SilkAir Flight 185 — 1997 plane crash in Indonesia

Amsterdam Treaty — Treaty of the European Union, revision of the Treaty of Maastricht

1997 European Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

69th Academy Awards — Award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1996

1997 Australian Grand Prix — 598th Formula 1 Championship Grand Prix

Phoenix Lights — light phenomenon that occurred on March 13 1997 over Arizona and Nevada, United States

1997 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 World Championships in Athletics — 1997 edition of the World Championships in Athletics

Korean Air Flight 801 — aviation accident

1997 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

death of Diana, Princess of Wales — road accident causing the death of the British princess

1997 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race

1997 UEFA Champions League Final — association football match

1997 United Kingdom general election — election for members of the British House of Commons

1997 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

handover of Hong Kong — transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China

1997 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix — 15th round of the 1997 Formula One season

1997 Austrian Grand Prix — motor car race

Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 — Aviation accident

1997 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Argentine Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

1997 Mediterranean Games — 13th edition of the Mediterranean Games

Luxor massacre — Terrorist attack in Luxor, Egypt on 17 November 1997

North Hollywood shootout — 1997 bank robbery and subsequent shootout between bank robbers and police