Sears
Time: 1997
Place: Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S.
Details: Slim bought the Mexican arm of Sears Roebuck in 1997.
‹ Earlier in historyElizabeth held a reception for her husband at the golden wedding anniversaryNov, 1997 Later in history ›Mandela stepped down as ANC PresidentDec, 1997
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Saturday Jan 12, 2002 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1994 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1997
Huawei-A Contract to provide fixed-line network products
1997 - China
HTC-Foundation
1997 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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-Millions of people fell below the poverty line
1997 - Southeast Asia
Hugo Chávez-2nd Marriage
1997 - Venezuela
1997 Asian financial crisis-Having largely kept itself above the fray
1997 - China
Colombian conflict-The CONVIVIR Groups were left without legal Support
1997 - Colombia
Colombian conflict-The Colombian Government renounced landmines use
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.
Nokia-The First to launch digital satellite receivers
Mar, 1997 - United Kingdom
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
Hugo Chávez-Chávez Founded a Political Party
Tuesday Jul 1, 1997 - Caracas, Venezuela
1997 Asian financial crisis-Malaysian ringgit was heavily traded by speculators
Jul, 1997 - Malaysia
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