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| 1997 |
| | | Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is appointed secretary-general of the United Nations, becoming the first black African in the post | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Thousands of Shia Muslims are massacred by the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif, in a brief spell before they are driven from the city | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Tony Blair leads the Labour party to its greatest ever electoral victory, winning 418 seats at Westminster | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Danish choreographer Peter Schaufuss founds his own ballet company at Holstebro | |
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| 1997 |
| | | After thirty-two years as the corrupt dictator of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko is driven out by Laurent Kabila | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The civilian president of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Kabbah, is ousted in a military coup led by Johnny Koroma | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Fifteen years after the Falklands War there are 1700 British troops in the islands, guarding 2200 residents | |
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| 1997 |
| | | In Canada's general election the Bloc Québecois lose their position as official opposition to the Liberal government | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Hong Kong reverts to China with the end of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Irish author Martin McDonagh's play The Beauty Queen of Leenane is the first in a trilogy | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Sojourner, a robot roving vehicle, detaches from Mars Pathfinder to analyse the surface of the planet | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The name of Zaire is changed once again, reverting to the Democratic Republic of Congo | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The Australian report Bringing Them Home confirms widespread forcible removal of Aboriginal children from their parents | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Diana, the Princess of Wales, and her friend Dodi Fayed die after a car crash in Paris | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The poems forming Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters describe his relationship with Sylvia Plath | |
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| 1997 |
| | | A schoolboy wizard performs his first tricks in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Mexico's ruling party, the PRI, loses control of the lower house for the first time in nearly seventy years | |
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| 1997 |
| | | In his first year as a professional, US golfer Tiger Woods wins both the British Open and the US Masters | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Frank Gehry wins world-wide attention with his design for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Indian author Arundhati Roy publishes her first novel, The God of Small Things | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Bertie Ahern, leader of Fianna Fáil, becomes the prime minister (Taoiseach) of the republic of Ireland | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Bob Dylan produces one of his finest albums, Time out of Mind | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both Ph.D. students at Stanford University, register the domain name google.com | |
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| 1997 |
| | | Elton John sings a revised version of Candle in the Wind in Westminster Abbey, as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales | |
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| 1997 |
| | | In referenda held by the new Labour government, Scotland votes conclusively for devolution but Wales is lukewarm | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The Real IRA, a splinter group of the Provisional IRA, declares its commitment to a continuing campaign of violence | |
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| 1997 |
| | | The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations is the first international attempt to reduce global warming | |
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| 1998 |
| | | President Clinton is emphatic: 'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky.' | |
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| 1998 |
| | | Nigerian forces expel Johnny Koroma from Freetown and reinstate Sierra Leone's elected civilian president, Ahmad Kabbah | |
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| 1998 |
| | | Coastal erosion reveals Seahenge, a 4,000-year-old circle of oak posts in Norfolk | |
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| 1998 |
| | | Two boys aged 11 and 13 fire on a school group in Jonesboro, Arkansas, killing four girls and a teacher | |
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| 1998 |
| | | The drug Viagra wins government approval in the USA as a treatment for male impotence | |
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| 1998 |
| | | The British architectural firm of Foster & Partners completes the Hong Kong International Airport | |
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