The First to launch digital satellite receivers
Time: Mar, 1997
Place: United Kingdom
Details: Nokia was the first to launch digital satellite receivers in the UK, announced in March 1997.
‹ Earlier in historyJDK 1.1Wednesday Feb 19, 1997 Later in history ›ResignationThursday Mar 13, 1997
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Alan Turing-The Trial
Monday Mar 31, 1952 - England
Ellie Goulding-Releasing "Under the Sheets"
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Halloween-Guy Fawkes Night
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Alan Turing-Death
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Alan Turing-Turing's House was Burgled
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Incandescent light bulb-The First patent for an Incandescent Lamp
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Edward Wightman's death
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Burning of Edward Wrightman in England
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Nike, Inc.-Nike acquired Umbro
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Alan Turing-Turing's Remains Were Cremated
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Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth visited Birmingham
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John Benbow's death
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Saturday Jul 24, 1660 - Shrewsbury
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Virat Kohli-ICC Champions Trophy in England
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KFC-Temporary Breakdown
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David Cameron-President of Alzheimer's Research UK
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017 - England
George Weah-Moving To Manchester City
Tuesday Aug 1, 2000 - Manchester, England
Cristiano Ronaldo-To Manchester
Tuesday Aug 12, 2003 - Manchester, England
Cristiano Ronaldo-Manchester United announced they had reached an agreement with Juventus to re-sign Ronaldo
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Cristiano Ronaldo-First player to score more than 800 top-level career goals
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Zlatan Ibrahimović-Moving To Manchester United
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writing a chess program for a computer
1948 - Manchester, England
Robert Fulton-Moved to Manchester
1794 - Manchester, United Kingdom
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1948 - Manchester, England
Nike, Inc.-Nike's Kit Supply Deal With Manchester United
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1653 - Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Beatles-Lennon Announced His Departure
Saturday Sep 20, 1969 - England
Winston Churchill-Churchill lost the Manchester North West
Friday Apr 24, 1908 - England, United Kingdom
Tesla, Inc.-First deliveries of the right-hand-drive model destined
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Ellie Goulding-Collaborations in 2012
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Incandescent light bulb-Humphry Davy's Experiment
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Prince Charles-Charles Took Command of The Coastal Minehunter HMS Bronington
Monday Feb 9, 1976 - England
David Cameron-Brexit's Referendum
Thursday Jun 23, 2016 - England
David Cameron-Cameron appointed Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister
Tuesday May 11, 2010 - England
Winston Churchill-Churchill spoke at Conservative meetings
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Winston Churchill-Oldham Conservative Association informed him that it would not support his candidature at the next general election
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Winston Churchill-Churchill stood again as one of the Conservative candidates
Oct, 1900 - Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Tony Blair-Labour Party
1975 - England
Ellie Goulding-Free the Children charity
2012 - United Kingdom
Papa John's Pizza-Papa John's Started Operating in UK
2001 - UK
David Cameron-The Chairman of the National Citizen Service Patrons
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016 - England
Battle of Barnet
Friday Apr 14, 1471 - Warwick
The Beatles-McCartney Publicly announced his departure
Friday Apr 10, 1970 - England
Bicycle-Death of the Roadster
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Antibiotic-The Chemical Structure of Penicillin was First Proposed
1942 - United Kingdom
Incandescent light bulb-Swan sold his US Patent rights to the Brush Electric Company
Jun, 1882 - England, United Kingdom
Stephen Hawking-The Black hole theory
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IKEA-Launching IKEA Family
Friday Aug 8, 2008 - England
Incandescent light bulb-Warren de la Rue's Invention
1840 - England
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge-Legal Actions
Tuesday Jan 9, 2007 - U.K.
Stephen Hawking-A Brief History of Time
Tuesday Mar 1, 1988 - England
David Cameron-The Youngest Prime Minister
Tuesday May 11, 2010 - England
Roger Cotes Birth
Friday Jul 10, 1682 - Burbage
Elizabeth Woodville-Battle of Bosworth Field
Saturday Aug 22, 1485 - Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Prince Harry-The Ministry of Defence and Clarence House joint announcement
Thursday Feb 22, 2007 - England
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex-First official public appearance after engagement
Friday Dec 1, 2017 - Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Daniel Finch's death
Sunday Jan 1, 1730 - Nottingham
April Fools' Day-"Fooles holy day"
1686 - England
KFC-Halal
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March 1997
Mother Teresa-Resignation
Thursday Mar 13, 1997 - India
Netflix-Introduction of DVDs
Monday Mar 24, 1997 - Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Vladimir Putin-Presidential Staff
Wednesday Mar 26, 1997 - Moscow, Russia
Muhammad Yunus-The inaugural ceremony of Grameenphone
Wednesday Mar 26, 1997 - Bangladesh
Dwayne Johnson-Johnson Defeated Bret Hart
Monday Mar 31, 1997 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
1997
HTC-Foundation
1997 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Huawei-A Contract to provide fixed-line network products
1997 - China
Kosovo War-Large amount of arms
1997 - Kosovo
Christmas Island-The Australian Indian Ocean Territories
1997 - Christmas Island
1997 Asian financial crisis-The Hanbo scandal
1997 - South Korea
1997 Asian financial crisis-Having largely kept itself above the fray
1997 - China
Hugo Chávez-2nd Marriage
1997 - Venezuela
1997 Asian financial crisis-Millions of people fell below the poverty line
1997 - Southeast Asia
Colombian conflict-The Colombian Government renounced landmines use
1997 - Colombia
Colombian conflict-The CONVIVIR Groups were left without legal Support
1997 - Colombia
Slobodan Milošević-The Serbian Economy began growing
1997 - Serbia
Adidas-Imprisonment
1997 - Paris, France
Francesco Totti-To Sampdoria on Loan
Wednesday Jan 1, 1997 at 02 PM - Genoa, Italy
Adidas-Adidas AG acquired The Salomon Group
1997 - France
Jeff Bezos-A Millionaire
1997 - U.S.
Papa John's Pizza-The Company went Public
1997 - Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
Microprocessor-55% of All CPUs Sold In The world were 8-bit Microcontrollers
1997 - U.S.
Papa John's Pizza-Pizza Hut Filed a Lawsuit against Papa John's
1997 - Jeffersontown, Kentucky, U.S.
Windows-Internet Explorer 4
1997 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Marvel Studios-Various film productions based on Marvel characters
1997 - Burbank, California, U.S.
Computer animation-Titanic
1997 - U.S.
Vodafone-A New CEO
Jan, 1997 - Newbury, England, U.K.
Patch Adams-Adams won the Peace Abbey Courage
1997 - Virginia, United States
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević recognized the opposition victories
Tuesday Feb 4, 1997 - Serbia
Kobe Bryant-The youngest dunk champion ever
1997 - Gund Arena, Cleveland, U.S.
Apple Inc.-Jobs back to Apple
Sunday Feb 9, 1997 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Intercontinental Championship
Thursday Feb 13, 1997 - Rosemont, Illinois, U.S.
Java (programming language)-JDK 1.1
Wednesday Feb 19, 1997 - California, U.S.
Mother Teresa-Resignation
Thursday Mar 13, 1997 - India
Netflix-Introduction of DVDs
Monday Mar 24, 1997 - Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Vladimir Putin-Presidential Staff
Wednesday Mar 26, 1997 - Moscow, Russia
Muhammad Yunus-The inaugural ceremony of Grameenphone
Wednesday Mar 26, 1997 - Bangladesh
Dwayne Johnson-Johnson Defeated Bret Hart
Monday Mar 31, 1997 - Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Ayman al-Zawahiri-Imprisonment in Russia
Tuesday Apr 1, 1997 - Russia
Colombian conflict-Creating the AUC
Apr, 1997 - Colombia
Kobe Bryant-First playoffs
1997 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-"Steel"
1997 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker
Sunday Apr 20, 1997 - Rochester, New York, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-The 1996–97 season
Sunday Apr 20, 1997 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Second Chechen War-Bomb exploded in the Russian railway station
Wednesday Apr 23, 1997 - Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Shaquille O'Neal-In his first playoff game for the Lakers
Friday Apr 25, 1997 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart
Monday Apr 28, 1997 - U.S.
Theresa May-A Seat in Parliament
Thursday May 1, 1997 - Maidenhead, England
1997 Asian financial crisis-Interest rates raised
May, 1997 - Philippines
Tony Blair-Blair as a Prime Minister
Friday May 2, 1997 - England
Dwayne Johnson-Marriage
Saturday May 3, 1997 - U.S.
Amazon-Amazon went public
May, 1997 - Seattle, Washington, U.S.
First Chechen War-On peace and the principles of Russian-Chechen relations
Monday May 12, 1997 - Moscow, Russia
Amazon-Barnes & Noble sued Amazon
Monday May 12, 1997 - U.S.
1997 Asian financial crisis-Speculative attacks
Wednesday May 14, 1997 - Thailand
Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Court ordered the Case to Proceed
May, 1997 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-True Women
Sunday May 18, 1997 - United States
Second Chechen War-Bomb exploded in the Russian railway station of Pyatigorsk
Wednesday May 28, 1997 - Stavropol Krai, Russia
NATO Establishment-Forming The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
Thursday May 29, 1997 - Sintra, Portugal
1997 Asian financial crisis-Trade surplus of more than $900 million
Jun, 1997 - Indonesia
Pope Francis-Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Tuesday Jun 3, 1997 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 Asian financial crisis-A Promise
Monday Jun 30, 1997 - Thailand
1997 Asian financial crisis-Kia Motors emergency loans
Jul, 1997 - South Korea
1997 Asian financial crisis-Malaysian ringgit was heavily traded by speculators
Jul, 1997 - Malaysia
Hugo Chávez-Chávez Founded a Political Party
Tuesday Jul 1, 1997 - Caracas, Venezuela
Jim Carrey-2nd Divorce
Jul, 1997 - U.S.
1997 Asian financial crisis-Indonesia's monetary authorities widened the rupiah currency trading band
Jul, 1997 - Indonesia
Colombian conflict-The Temporary demilitarization of The Municipality of Cartagena del Chairá
Jul, 1997 - Cartagena Del Chairá, Caquetá, Colombia
Michael Ballack-Moving to 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Tuesday Jul 1, 1997 - Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1997 Asian financial crisis-Crisis is triggered
Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 - Philippines
1997 Asian financial crisis-Float the Baht
Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 - Thailand
Juneteenth-Congress recognized the day through Senate Joint Resolution 11 and House Joint Resolution 56
1997 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Jeff Bezos-Initial Public Offering (IPO)
1997 - Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Richard Jewell-Janet Reno
Jul, 1997 - U.S.
Elon Musk-The Graduation
1997 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Angelina Jolie-Anybody Seen My Baby?
Jul, 1997 - New York, United States
Slobodan Milošević-The President of The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Wednesday Jul 23, 1997 - Serbia (Then The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
Richard Jewell-Richard Jewell v. New York Post
Wednesday Jul 23, 1997 - New York, U.S.
Nokia-The First Digital Satellite receiver with Common Interface (CI) support
Aug, 1997 - Finland
1997 Asian financial crisis-The HKMA and Donald Tsang, then the Financial Secretary, declared war on speculators
Aug, 1997 - Hong Kong
KFC-Tricon Global Restaurants
Aug, 1997 - Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Plane Accidents-Korean Air Flight 801
Wednesday Aug 6, 1997 - Guam
1997 Asian financial crisis-Rescue package
Monday Aug 11, 1997 - Thailand
Jacinda Ardern-Young Labour
1997 - Wellington, New Zealand
1997 Asian financial crisis-A Free-floating exchange rate
Thursday Aug 14, 1997 - Indonesia
Java (programming language)-De Facto Standard
1997 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Knee Injury
Aug, 1997 - U.S.
Java (programming language)-Sued
1997 - California, U.S.
1997 Asian financial crisis-Bailout package
Wednesday Aug 20, 1997 - Thailand
Angelina Jolie-Second Attempt
1997 - California, United States
Angelina Jolie-First Golden Globe
Sunday Aug 24, 1997 - Los Angeles, California, United States
Netflix-Netflix foundation
Friday Aug 29, 1997 - Scotts Valley, California, U.S.
Netflix-First online DVD-rental store
Friday Aug 29, 1997 - Scotts Valley, California, U.S.
Princess Diana-Death
Sunday Aug 31, 1997 - Paris, France
Prince Charles-Princess Diana's Death
Sunday Aug 31, 1997 - Paris, France
Prince Harry-Princess Diana's Death
Sunday Aug 31, 1997 - Paris, France
Prince William-Diana death
Sunday Aug 31, 1997 - Paris, France
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Duke was on holiday at Balmoral when Diana was killed
Sunday Aug 31, 1997 - Scotland, United Kingdom
1997 Asian financial crisis-A historic low
Sep, 1997 - Indonesia
Lady Gaga-Going to school
1997 - 1 East 91st Street Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Ronaldinho-World Cup U-17
Thursday Sep 4, 1997 - Egypt
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Queen and the Duke shielded their grandsons from the ensuing press interest
Sep, 1997 - Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother Teresa-Mother Tresa's Death
Friday Sep 5, 1997 - India
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Diana's funeral
Friday Sep 5, 1997 - London, England, United Kingdom
Jeff Bezos-Critical Reports
1997 - Bellevue, Washington, U.S.