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  • Seoul, South Korea
    Friday Nov 7, 1997
    1997 Asian financial crisis

    Seoul stock exchange fell

    Seoul, South Korea
    Friday Nov 7, 1997

    The Seoul stock exchange fell by 4% on 7 November 1997.




  • South Korea
    Saturday Nov 8, 1997
    1997 Asian financial crisis

    Biggest one-day drop

    South Korea
    Saturday Nov 8, 1997

    On 8 November, it plunged by 7%, its biggest one-day drop to that date.




  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 10, 1997
    Apple Inc.

    Apple Store website

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 10, 1997

    On November 10, 1997, Apple introduced the Apple Store website, which was tied to a new build-to-order manufacturing strategy.




  • San Jose, California, U.S
    Nov, 1997
    Gary Webb

    Webb left The Mercury News

    San Jose, California, U.S
    Nov, 1997

    Webb resigned from the paper in November 1997.




  • Deir el-Bahari, Qesm Al Wahat Al Khargah, Egypt
    Monday Nov 17, 1997
    Ayman al-Zawahiri

    Luxor Massacre

    Deir el-Bahari, Qesm Al Wahat Al Khargah, Egypt
    Monday Nov 17, 1997

    While there Zawahiri learned of a "Nonviolence Initiative" being organized in Egypt to end the terror campaign that had killed hundreds and resulting government crackdown that had imprisoned thousands. Zawahiri angrily opposed this "surrender" in letters to the London newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat. Together with members of al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, he helped organize a massive attack on tourists at the Temple of Hatshepsut to sabotage the initiative by provoking the government into repression. The attack by six men dressed in police uniforms succeeded in machine-gunning and hacking to death 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians.




  • Athens, Greece
    Thursday Nov 20, 1997
    Charles Antetokounmpo

    Kostas Antetokounmpo (Third child)

    Athens, Greece
    Thursday Nov 20, 1997

    In 1997, Charles had his other child Kostas Antetokounmpo, A famous greek professional basketball player, Konstantinos Ndubuisi “Kostas” Antetokounmpo, plays for LDLC ASVEL of the French Betclic Élite and the Euro league.




  • London, United Kingdom
    Nov, 1997
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth held a reception for her husband at the golden wedding anniversary

    London, United Kingdom
    Nov, 1997

    In November 1997, the Queen and her husband held a reception at Banqueting House to mark their golden wedding anniversary. She made a speech and praised Philip for his role as a consort, referring to him as "my strength and stay".


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