1997

Events

Yearly dedications

• That Frauentaeubling (Russula cyanoxantha) is Mushroom the yearly (German society for Mykologie)
• That Multicolored woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) is Bird the yearly (NABU/Deutschland)
• Those Eberesche (Sórbus aucupária) is Tree the yearly (Kuratoriums tree yearly/Germany)
• That Bug boy herb (Orchis coriophora) is Orchidee of the yearly (working group domestic Orchideen/Deutschland)
• That Alpine stone support (Capra ibex) is Animal the yearly (protective association German game)

Politics

• 1. January: Arnold vest becomes that
• : becomes into the World Health Organization (WHO) taken up
• : Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh become state and head of the provincial government in
• : . Petar Stojanov becomes president
• : Germany and Tschechien sign the German-Czech declaration of reconciliation
• 3. February: . Renewed dissolution of the parliament
• 4. February: South Africa a new condition gets
• 8. February: Preferred one Parliamentary elections in Nauru
• : Preferred one Presidency elections in Nauru. New president becomes Kinza Clodumar
• 17. February: places the request for full membership in that
• : Double taxation agreement between and Lettland
• 1. March: : The government under president Sali Berisha withdraws
• 14. March: Evacuation measure that German Federal Armed Forces in „Operation spirit level"
• 1. April: Countering admiral Rudolf is enough becomes commander that Command and staff academy that German Federal Armed Forces, after its predecessor because of that Roeder affair around the appearance of the well-known Historical revisionists Manfred Roeder to withdraw had
• 9. April: For the first time the delegates meet in
• : Education of the government in
• : Delegation of an international colonial force after on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro
• : Presidency elections in
• : Second democratic elections in Yemen
• 1. May: Agreement over cultural co-operation between and that
• 1. May: Culture agreement between and . In strength since that 1998
• : . Ivan Kostov becomes Prime Minister
• : Signing of the declaration of reconciliation between and
• : Head of the provincial government in Iran becomes Hodschatoleslam Seyed Mohammad Khatami
• : Those -
• 6. June: Double taxation agreement between and Finland
• : Concordat between that Holy chair and
• : Natsagiin Bagabandi becomes president that Mongolia
• : . First new elections after unrests
• 1. July: Great Britain becomes again member in that
• 1. July: Return of Hong Kong to those
• 5. July: Coup d'etat in Kambodscha. Many politicians go into the exile
• 6. July: Federal congress elections in
• 8. July: Signing that NATO Ukraine Charter
• 9. July: . Unrests in Gostivar and Tetovo
• : . As protest against musical Ausgrenzung and commercialization that Love parade it comes to Having parade, from itself later the demonstration Fuckparade developed
• 14. July: Culture agreement between and . In strength since that 4. January
• : Double taxation agreement between and Litauen
• : member becomes that ASEAN (association of Southeast Asiatic states ]
• : In becomes also Kocheril Raman Narayanan for the first time More box-loosely President
• 6. August: Bolivia. Hugo Banzer becomes president
• 28. August: Armenia and sign friendship treaty
• 28. August: Culture agreement between and Turkmenistan. In strength since that 2002
• 1. September: Finland. Change of the administrative structures
• 1. September: Opening of the German High School Tallinn, Estland
• 16. September: Culture agreement between and Mongolia. In strength since that 1998
• : Terrorist attack on tourists before that Egyptian museum in , Egypt
• : Parliamentary elections in
• 7. October: The entry into force of the new condition in
• : Cameroon. Paul Biya in the office as president one confirms
• : Culture agreement between and . In strength since that
• : New condition in
• : The security council of the United Nations imposes sanctions approximately
• : Mary McAleese becomes state president of Ireland
• : Lesotho. Letsie III. as a king one crowns
• 7. November: Culture agreement between and Australia. In strength since that 2000
• : Terrorist attack on tourists before that Hatschepsut temple in Luxor, Egypt
• : Double taxation agreement between and Kazakhstan
• 1. to : In Kyoto (: Kazakhstan. Renaming the capital Akmola in
• : Kazakhstan. Akmola becomes new capital
• : associated member becomes of the Mercosur
• : Parliamentary elections in Djibouti
• : Concordat between that Holy chair and
• : Oman, introduction of the Oamni advice

Disasters

Aircraft crash - Korean airlines flight 801 to 6. August 1997 (228 humans died, 26 survived)

• 9. January: Detroit, . Crash of one Embraer EMB 120 during the approach. All 29 humans died
• : An earthquake of the strength 5.9 in the province Xinjiang, . 12 dead ones
• 1. February: Tambacoumba, an airplane that fell Air Senegal off. From the 52 on board humans present 23 died
• 2. February: . One CASA 212 had an accident to the Angolan Air Force on an inland flight, whereby all 37 passengers died
• 4. February: Israel. Collision of two military helicopters. All 73 humans died
• : An earthquake of the strength 6.5 in Turkmenistan and Iran. 100 dead ones
• : An earthquake of the strength 7.1 in . 60 dead ones
• : An earthquake of the strength 6.1 in Armenia and Azerbaijan; approx.. 1.100 dead ones
• : Iran. With Dezful one fell Lockheed C-130 Hercules of the Iranian Air Force off. 86 humans died thereby
• : The trunk of one Antonov An-24Charter plane breaks during a flight into those Turkey apart. 50 persons die, and the type of aircraft receives grounding
• 8. May: Shenzhen, . Forced landing of one Boeing 737 that China Southern airlines in bad weather. 35 of the 74 persons on board died
• : An earthquake of the strength 4.9 in . 15 dead ones
• : Earthquake of the strength 7.5 in Iran, 1.560 dead ones
• : An earthquake of the strength 5.8 in the south . 38 dead ones
• 6. June: Kinshasa, . Crash of one Vickers Viscount directly after the start. 23 humans died
• 9. July: An earthquake of the strength 7.0 in the proximity of the coast of Venezuela. 81 dead ones
• : Bandung, Indonesia. One Fokker F-27, on the flight after Jakarta, fell about 12 km after the start. 28 humans died, 22 were saved
• : An earthquake of the strength 5.0 in South Africa. 15 dead ones
• 6. August: Agana, Guam. Crash of one Boeing 747 that Korean air, about 5 km before the airport. 228 humans died, 26 could be saved
• 3. September: Phnom Penh, Kambodscha. One Tupolev Tu-134 that Viet Nam airlines fell. 65 humans died. A baby survived
• : Namibia. Collision of one Tupolev Tu-154 that Luftwaffe with one Lockheed C-141 Starlifter that US Air Force over that Atlantic, approximately 120 km west of Namibia. All 24 humans on board Tupolev and all 9 the Starlifter died
• : Proximity Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia. Crash one Airbus A300 that Garuda Indonesia. All 234 humans on board died
• : Two earthquakes of the strength 5.4 and 5.6 in Umbrien and Marks (Italy). Cities concerned: Assisi and Perugia. 11 dead one
• : An earthquake of the strength 5.9 up Sulawesi, Indonesia. 18 dead ones
• : Uruguay. Crash of an Argentine Douglas DC-9 with thunderstorm. All 74 humans died
• : An earthquake of the strength 6.1 in and . 23 dead ones
• 5. December: Irkutsk, . One Antonov An-124Frachtmaschine fell immediately after the start into a populated area. Several houses were destroyed by the following fire. 85 humans died
• : Sharjah, . Crash of one Tupolev Tu-154, out Tadschikistan coming. From the 86 passengers only one survived
• : . Crash of a Ukrainian Yakovlev Jak-42. All 70 humans on board died
• : Sumatra, Indonesia. Crash of one Boeing 737 that Silk air out Singapore. All 104 humans on board died

Science/technology

• : The cloned born in the past summer Sheep Dolly one introduces to the public
• 9. March: Total one Solar eclipse in the east Sibiriens
• 4. July: The probe Pathfinder with the jeep Sojourner lands on that
• : First Zeppelin NT animated after nearly 60 years those Zeppelin- at the Bodensee again

Society

Logo of the Student strike 1997/98 (after-drawn)

• 6. September: At the mourning course for had an accident the deadly Lady Di take in two to three million humans part
• : In Bilbao opened that Guggenheim museum
• : High point of the country wide Student strike

Culture

• Joanne K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the stone of the ways
• The news magazine The mirror celebrates 50. Birthday
• : A Dutchman destroys in the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam the painting "Cathedra" of Bar-nicely Newman with a measurer
• Establishment that Transport Protocol Experts Group

Sport

Entries of Leichtathletik world records see under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik.

• Borussia Dortmund the final game that wins UEFA champion League to 28.May in Munich by gates of Karl-Heinz Riedle (2) and Lars ricken with 3:1 gates against the Italian crew of Juventus turin
• That FC Schalke 04 wins that UEFA Cup in the penalty shootout in the Giuseppe Meazza stadium approximately Inter Milan with 3:1 gates, after the two previous plays after 90 and/or. 120 minutes in each case 1:0 was decided by the guest-giving crew for itself
• January Ullrich wins as first Germans those . It was with 23 years at the same time one of the youngest winners of the hardest Radrennens the world

Other

• : The radio navigation system OMEGA one switches off

Born

Died

• 1. January: Hans Martin Majewski, German composer (* 1911)
• 1. January: Aenne Brauksiepe, a German politician (* 1912)
• 1. January: Caspar Diethelm, Swiss composer and conductor (* 1926)
• 1. January: Townes Van Zandt, US-American Songwriter (* 1944)
• 2. January: Randy California, US-American guitarist (* 1951)
• 3. January: Karl Mewis, SED functionary and chairman of the national plan commission in the GDR (* 1909)
• 5. January: André Franquin, Belgian Comiczeichner (* 1924)
• 5. January: Vero Wynne Edward, British zoologist, founder of the ecology (* 1906)
• 8. January: Melvin Calvin, US-American chemist and biochemist (* 1911)
• 9. January: Edward Osóbka Morawski, Polish politician and Prime Minister (* 1909)
• : Alexander Robert Todd, British chemist, Nobelpreistraeger (* 1907)
• : Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-US-American surgeon (* 1901)
• : Helenio Herrera, Argentine football coach (* 1916)
• : Juan Landázuri Ricketts, archbishop by Lima and Kardinal (* 1913)
• : : Albín Brunovský, slowakischer commercial artist and painter (* 1935)
• 28. January: Mikel Koliqi, cardinal of the Roman-catholic church (* 1902)
• : Heiner Carow, German director and vice-president of the academy of the arts of the GDR (* 1929)
• 2. February: Erich Eliskases, österreichischer und argentinischer Schachmeister (* 1913)
• 2. Februar: Martin Mußgnug, deutscher Politiker (* 1936)
• 3. Februar: Alfons Bauer, deutscher Komponist volkstümlicher Musik und Zitherspieler (* 1920)
• 3. Februar: Bohumil Hrabal, tschechischer Schriftsteller (* 1914)
• 9. Februar: Brian Connolly, schottischer Musiker (* 1945)
• 13. Februar: Thies Christophersen, gehörte der Gruppe der Revisionisten an (Holocaustleugner) (* 1918)
• 16. Februar: Chien-Shiung Wu, chinesisch-amerikanische Physikerin (* 1912)
• 17. Februar: Bärbel Inhelder, Schweizer Entwicklungspsychologin (* 1913)
• 17. Februar: Amha Selassie I., Kronprinz von Äthiopien (* 1916)
• 17. Februar: Darcy Ribeiro, brasilianischer Anthropologe, Politiker, und Schriftsteller (* 1922)
• 19. Februar: Deng Xiaoping, chinesischer Politiker (* 1904)
• 19. Februar: Dieter Hasselblatt, Hörspielredakteur, Autor (* 1926)
• 21. Februar: Josef Posipal, deutscher Fußballspieler (* 1927)
• 23. Februar: Tony Williams, US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger (* 1945)
• 25. Februar: Ugo Poletti, Erzbischof von Spoleto und Kardinal der römisch-katholischen Kirche (* 1914)
• 27. Februar: Fritz Eschmann, deutscher Bundestagsabgeordneter (* 1906)
• 4. März: Carey Loftin, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Stuntman (* 1914)
• 6. März: Cheddi Jagan, Politiker, Guyana (* 1918)
• 7. März: Martin Kippenberger, deutscher Maler und Installationskünstler (* 1953)
• 7. März: Edward Mills Purcell, US-amerikanischer Physiker (* 1912)
• 9. März: Vera Ferra-Mikura, österreichische Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorin (* 1923)
• 9. March: The Notorious B.I.G., US-MORE American RWSBY (* 1972)
• : LaVern Baker, black Rhythm and Blues singer (* 1928)
• 14. March: : Victor Vasarely, French painter and commercial artist (* 1908)
• : Vladimir lime tree mountain, russischstaemmiger physician (* 1902)
• : Jacques Foccart, French politician (* 1913)
• : Carlo Fassi, ice art runners and coaches (* 1929)
• : Petrol John, first president of the Federal Office for protection of the constitution (* 1909)
• 27. March: Ella Maillart, Swiss sportlerin and travel authoress (* 1903)
• 28. March: Helmut Grashoff, manager of many years of Borussia Moenchengladbach (* 1928)
• : Lyman pencil sharpener, US-American astronomer and physicist (* 1914)
• : Friedrich dog, German physicist (* 1896)
• 4. April: Alparslan Turk?, Turkish soldier and politician (* 1917)
• 6. April: Stephan Hermlin, German writer (* 1915)
• 6. April: Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, owner various professional teams (* 1912)
• 9. April: Yank Rachell, US-American Blues musician (* 1910)
• : Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer and professor (* 1929)
• : Erik field of flowers, German buyer and politician of the CDU (* 1915)
• : Martin black sign, US-American astrophysicist (* 1912)
• : Gerda Christian, private secretary of Adolf Hitler (* 1913)
• 16. April: Roland Topor, French author, actor and painter (* 1938)
• : Chaim duke, president of Israel (* 1918)
• : Herbert Czaja, German politician (* 1914)
• 20 April: Petrol William of Vacano, classical archaeologist with emphasis Etruskologie (* 1910)
• : Werner Metzen, German entrepreneur (* 1946)
• : Brian May (Australia), a composer for film music (* 1934)
• : Dulce Maria Loynaz, Cuban Dichterin (* 1903)
• 28. April: Peter Murray Taylor, lord Chief Justice OF England and Wales (1992-1996) (* 1930)
• 2. May: Heinz Ellenberg, biologist, Botaniker, landscape ecology (* 1913)
• 2. May: Paulo Freire, paedagogue, lawyer, historian, philosopher (* 1921)
• 2. May: John Carew Eccles, Australian physiologist (* 1903)
• 2. May: Alfred Day Hershey, US-American biologist (* 1908)
• 3. May: Narciso Yepes, classical guitarist (* 1927)
• 8. May: Joachim Angermeyer, German politician (* 1923)
• 8. May: Dock Uwe von Hassel, German politician (* 1913)
• : Troy Ruttman, running drivers (* 1930)
• : Virgilio Barco Vargas, politicians and president of the Republic of Colombia (* 1921)
• : Richard Leising, German poet (* 1934)
• : James Lee Byars, US-American artist (* 1932)
• 24. May: Edward Mulhare, actors (* 1923)
• : Manfred von Ardenne, German scientist (* 1907)
• : Ronald V. Book, US-American computer scientist (* 1937)
• 29. May: Jeff Buckley, US-American singer and guitarist (* 1966)
• 29. May: Victor Kirst, politician, member of the German federal daily from 1969 to 1976 (* 1925)
• 30. May: Béla Barényi, technical designer VOLKSWAGEN beetle, Nestor of passive security in the automotive manufacture (* 1907)
• 1. June: Nikolai Alexandrowitsch Tichonow, Soviet politician (* 1905)
• 1. June: Fred smoke, singers, Texter as well as radio moderator (* 1909)
• 2. June: Helen Jacobs, US-American Tennisspielerin (* 1908)
• 3. June: Marta digging brook, German politician (* 1907)
• : Kurt Stoepel, German wheel running driver (* 1908)
• 12. June: Bulat Schalwowitsch Okudschawa, Russian poet and singer-songwriter (* 1924)
• : Helmut Fischer, German actor (* 1926)
• : Lew Sinowjewitsch Kopelew, Russian writer (* 1912)
• : John Akii Bua, athlete (* 1949)
• 22. June: Peter Woydt, citizen of Berlin sports journalist
• : Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X (* 1936)
• : Adolf Kabatek, managing director Ehapa (* 1931)
• : Jacques Yves Cousteau, French sea researcher (* 1910)
• : Helmut Leherbauer, Austrian painter (* 1933)
• 1. July: Robert Mitchum, US-American actor (* 1917)
• 1. July: Gerd Wiltfang, German jumping rider, WM winner 1978 (* 1946)
• 3. July: Johnny copilot country, US-American Bluesmusiker (* 1937)
• 5. July: Miguel Najdorf, chess large masters (* 1910)
• 7. July: Heino hunter, German painter, commercial artist and Satiriker (* 1938)
• : Erwin Seeler, German football player (* 1910)
• : Raimund Weissensteiner, Austrian priest and composer (* 1905)
• : François Furet, French historian (* 1927)
• : Eugene Shoemaker, US-American astronomer (* 1928)
• : Ernst Majonica, German politician (* 1920)
• : Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete and olympia winner (* 1904)
• : Franc Parker, US-American tennis player (* 1916)
• : Ben Hogan, US-American gulf player (* 1912)
• : Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese professor of mathematics (* 1915)
• : Gerhard Baumgaertel, mayors of Weimar and Ministers of the GDR (* 1931)
• : Seni Pramoj, Thai prime minister (* 1905)
• : Bao Dai, last emperor of Viet Nam (* 1913)
• 1. August: Swjatoslaw Teofilowitsch judge, Soviet pianist. (* 1915)
• 2. August: Paul Kurzbach, German composer (* 1902)
• 2. August: James Kruess, German writer and poet (* 1926)
• 3. August: William S. Burroughs, US-American writer (* 1914)
• 4. August: Jeanne Calment, humans with that so far (scientifically confirmed) longest life-span (* : Conlon Nancarrow, Mexican composer of US-American origin (* 1912)
• 12. August: Luther Allison, US-American Blues guitarist (* 1939)
• 16. August: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, musician of Pakistan (* 1948)
• : Werner Abrolat, German actor (* 1924)
• : Luigi Villoresi, Formel-1-Rennfahrer (* 1909)
• : Robert pin GET, Swiss writer (* 1919)
• : Eduard Heilingsetzer, Austrian politician and Minister (* 1905)
• 28. August: Franc Bencriscutto, US-American composer and music paedagogue (* 1928)
• : Dodi Fayed, millionaire son (* 1955)
• : Ernst Willimowski, GermanPolish football player (* 1916)
• : Diana Frances Spencer, wife of the English successor to the throne Prince Charles (* 1961)
• 1. September: Karl mountain (archbishop), Austrian archbishop (* 1908)
• 2. September: Viktor Frankl, neurologist and psychiatrist, founder of the Logotherapie and the existential analysis (* 1905)
• 4. September: Aldo Rossi, architect and designer in 20. Century (* 1931)
• 5. September: George Solti, Hungarian conductor (* 1912)
• 5. September: Nut/mother Teresa, foundress of a helping organization (* 1910)
• 7. September: Mobutu Sese Seko, president of Zaire (* 1930)
• : Talk Skelton, US-American actor and Komiker (* 1913)
• : January Peder Syse, Norwegian conservative politician (* 1930)
• : Gerhard Menzel, grandchildren by Carl Menzel and entrepreneur in the glass industry (* 1911)
• : Kurt Gloor, Swiss film director (* 1942)
• : Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (* 1912)
• : Rolf Ulrici, German writer (* 1922)
• 3. October: Arnold Bode, painter, founder documenta (* 1900)
• 4. October: Gunpei Yokoi, play developers at the video game company Nintendo (* 1941)
• 5. October: Petrol Ernst Remer, German armed forces officer (* 1912)
• 5. October: Berne pool of broadcasting corporations Yago, archbishop of Abidjan and cardinal of the Roman-catholic church (* 1916)
• 7. October: Adolf break into-hope, catholic priest (* 1919)
• : Kaethe gold, Austrian actress (* 1907)
• : Adil Çarçani, Albanian head of the government was during the communist dictatorship (* 1922)
• : Harold crawl in, US-American writer (* 1916)
• : Arno Wyzniewski, German actor (* 1938)
• : Julius Hackethal, physician (* 1921)
• : Adolf Schroeter, German haven guessing and landscape painter, pressure commercial artist and art educator (* 1904)
• : Luther George Simjian, inventors (* 1905)
• : Pinchas Lapide, Jewish theologian and religion scientist (* 1922)
• : Hans Loefflad, German politician (* 1922)
• : Franz Kain, Austrian journalist, writer and politician (* 1922)
• : Anton Szandor LaVey, founders of the American Church OF Satan (* 1930)
• : Samuel Fuller, US-American director, film script author and actor (* 1912)
• : Hans's farmer, German football player (* 1927)
• 2. November: Ayya Khema, Buddhisti nun (* 1923)
• 2. November: Guenter Biermann, German politician and MdB (* 1931)
• 5. November: Isaiah Berlin, political philosopher and Ideengeschichtler (* 1909)
• 5. November: James Robert Baker, US-American film script author and writer (* 1946)
• 6. November: Josef Pieper, Christian philosopher (* 1904)
• 7. November: Josef Mueller (CDU), German politician (* 1919)
• 9. November: Carl Gustav Hempel, philosopher (* 1905)
• : Maria Graefin von Maltzan, German animal lady doctor and Widerstandskaempferin (* 1909)
• : Gert Guenther hoping man, German synchronous speaker (* 1929)
• 16. November: Georges Marchais, French politician and trade unionist (* 1920)
• : Robert Simpson, English composer (* 1921)
• : Julian Jaynes, US-American psychologist (* 1920)
• 22. November: Michael Hutchence, singer the Australian skirt volume INXS (* 1960)
• : Jorge Más Canosa, influential entrepreneur and Exilkubaner in the USA (* 1939)
• : Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president and former dictator of Malawi (* 1896)
• : Barbara (music), French chanson-saengerin and -Komponistin (* 1930)
• : Werner Hoefer, German journalist (* 1913)
• 1. December: Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz Violinist (* 1908)
• 2. December: Siegfried Meurer, developers of the mA Nm engine (* 1908)
• 4. December: Ilse Schuele, Schriftschneiderin and Typografin (* 1903)
• 5. December: Rudolf Bahro, Dt. Journalist, politician u. Philosopher (* 1935)
• : Jimmy Rogers, US-American Blues guitarist (* 1924)
• : David scratch, US-American astrophysicist (* 1945)
• : Juzo Itami, Japanese actor and film director. (* 1933)
• : Richard Glazar, one of the few survivors of the extermination camp Treblinka (* 1920)
• : Hans Joachim Fraenkel, German Evangelist bishop and human rights activist (* 1909)
• : Clodwig Kapferer, deustcher pioneer in the areas market study, export promotion and development assistance (* 1901)
• 24. December: Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (* 1920)
• : Giorgio Strehler, Italian director (* 1921)
• : Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek Psychoanalytiker, lawyer and resistance fighter (* 1922)
• : Victor Oehrn, naval officer (* 1907)
• : Floyd Cramer, pianist and composer, representative of the Country music (* 1933)
• : Nicolin Kunz, Austrian actress (* 1954)

Nobelpreise

• Physics: Steven Chu, Claude Cohen Tannoudji and William D. Phillips
• Chemistry: Paul D. Boyer, John Ernest Walker and Jens C. Skou
• Medicine: Stanley Prusiner
• Literature: Dario Fo
• The Nobel peace prize: International campaign for the prohibition of land mines (ICBL) and Jody Williams
• Economic science: Robert Merton and Myron Scholes

Music

• List of the number unity hits in Germany (1997)
• In Japan most well-known Metal/Visual Kei group X-Japan dissolves

Web on the left of

• HTTP://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/1997/ (alive virtual museum on-line one)