Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven’s Gate mass suicides.
Tag: 1997
12 November 1997
Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
31 August 1997
Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
25 August 1997
Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
12 June 1997
Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Theatre’]
5 June 1997
The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_Civil_War_(1997%E2%80%931999)’]
13 April 1997
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods’]