What were the major headline news stories from 1997?

Hi 1barbara:

Thanks for the interesting question. I did some searching around and I
believe the following were the top (international) headline news
stories of 1997.


In no particular order...

* Death of Princess Diana

Death of a Princess - Time 
URL: http://www.time.com/time/reports/diana/

* Hong Kong Handed Back To China

Hong Kong Sovereignty Reverts to China, Ending 156 Years of British
Colonial Rule
URL: http://www.facts.com/cd/97069840.htm

* Dolly, the Cloned Sheep

Dolly the Sheep
URL: http://www.who2.com/dollythesheep.html

* Death of Mother Teresa

A Tribute to Mother Teresa
URL: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/burgess/53/

* Asian Currency Crisis

Chronology of the Asian Currency Crisis and its Global Contagion
URL: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/asia/AsiaChronology1.html

* Lima Hostage Crisis Ends

World leaders back Fujimori after hostage rescue
URL: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9704/22/peru.reax/

* Egytian Tourist Massacre

At least 60 dead in Egypt tourist attack
URL: http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9711/17/egypt.attack.update2/

* Death of Deng Xiaophing

REMEMBERING DENG
URL: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/february97/deng_2-19.html

* Mars Pathfinder Mission

Mars Pathfinder
URL: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/default.html

* Timothy McVeigh Trial

The McVeigh Trial
URL: http://www.time.com/time/reports/mcveigh/prosecute/prosecute1.html

* El Nino Wreaks Global havoc

The 1997 El Nino
URL: http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/ENSO.html

* Hale-Bopp Comet Passes Near Earth

Comet Hale-Bopp
URL: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/halebopp.html


Of course, any list compiled by one person will leave out something
important to others. However, I think the above list includes the 1997
highlights that many people would agree upon.


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"top news stories" 1997
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death "Princess Diana"
"hong kong" reverts china 1997
Dolly cloned sheep born 1997
"Mother Teresa" death
"Asian currency crisis" 1997
"Lima hostage" crisis ended
Egypt tourist massacre 1997
"Deng Xiaoping" dead
Mars Pathfinder mission
"Timothy McVeigh" trial
"el nino" 1997
Hale-Bopp 1997 closest