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1997 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th ... Pictures and videos of this tornado made news headlines around the world.
HLN is an American basic cable network. Owned by CNN Worldwide, the network primarily carries true-crime programming, as well as limited live news programming.. The channel was originally launched on January 1, 1982, by Turner Broadcasting as CNN2 (later renamed Headline News or CNN Headline News), a sister network to CNN that broadcast a looping, half-hour cycle of segments covering various ...
Events from the year 1997 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Tony Blair; the handover of Hong Kong, the largest remaining British colony, to China; and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales .
August 6: ATC radio traffic after Korean Air Flight 801 crashed in Guam. August 1 – Steve Jobs returns to Apple Computer, Inc at Macworld in Boston. August 6 – Microsoft buys a $150 million share of financially troubled Apple Computer. August 6 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashes while attempting to land in the U.S. territory of Guam, killing ...
The 1997 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1997 season. The 93rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Cleveland Indians and the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins. The Marlins defeated the Indians, four games to three, to win ...
Presidency of George H. W. Bush. 1990 — Hubble Space Telescope launches during STS-31, a Space Shuttle Discovery mission. 1991 — The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East, by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations, led by the U.S. and United Kingdom, against Iraq. 1991 — The World Wide Web publicly debuts as an Internet ...
October 27, 1997, mini-crash. On October 27, 1997, a global stock market crash was caused by an economic crisis in Asia, the "Asian contagion", or Tom Yum Goong crisis ( Thai: วิกฤตต้มยำกุ้ง ). The point loss that the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered on this day currently ranks as the 18th biggest percentage ...
1997. 9 November – BBC News 24 launches at 5:30pm. The channel is only available on cable although all viewers are able to sample the channel overnight as BBC News 24 is simulcast during the downtime hours of BBC One. 1998. Spring – BBC News 24 begins simulcasting overnight news bulletins from BBC World.