1987: The Present Can Only Be Viewed from the Past?
All of which were inspired by Chris Knowles post -
The Present Can Only Be Viewed from the Past
"1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1997th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 997th year of the 2nd millennium, the 97th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1990s decade."
January 17 , 1997– A Delta II rocket carrying a military GPS payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from Cape Canaveral.
January 19, 1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
January 20, 1997 – Bill Clinton is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.
January 22, 1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State, after confirmation by the United States Senate.
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| Born May 15th, 1937 |
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| The February 4, 1997 helicopter crash |
February 4, 1997 On their way to Lebanon, 2 Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide, killing 73.
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
British Home Secretary Michael Howard informs Moors Murderer Myra Hindley that she will never be released from prison.
Mr. Howard has made the decision in agreement with a recommendation made by his predecessor David Waddington in 1990.
And today May 16th, 2017 -Mr. Howard has made the decision in agreement with a recommendation made by his predecessor David Waddington in 1990.
Ian Brady: 'Moors Murders' child-killer dies in high-security hospital at age 79
"One of Britain's most notorious killers, Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who murdered five children with his lover and accomplice Myra Hindley in the 1960s has died, aged 79.
"One of Britain's most notorious killers, Moors Murderer Ian Brady, who murdered five children with his lover and accomplice Myra Hindley in the 1960s has died, aged 79.
Brady and Hindley were jailed for life in 1966 for abducting, torturing, sexually abusing and then murdering the children before burying their young victims on the bleak Saddleworth Moor near the northern city of Manchester.
Brady was convicted of three of the murders and later confessed to two more."
Brady was convicted of three of the murders and later confessed to two more."
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| Released February 12th, 1997 |
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| The cloning process that produced Dolly |
February 22, 1997 – In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly had been successfully cloned, and was born in July 1996.
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| Released 1997 |
February 28, 1997 – North Hollywood shootout: Two robbers wearing kevlar body armor armed with AK-47s containing armor-piercing bullets injure 17 police officers and civilians in a gun battle. The incident sparks debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.
March 4, 1997 – U.S. President Bill Clinton bans federal funding for any research on human cloning.
March 6, 1997 Pablo Picasso's Tête de Femme is stolen from a London gallery (recovered a week later).
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| Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997) |
March 13, 1997 India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China creates a new Chongqing Municipality, out of part of Sichuan.
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| The Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997 |
March 24, 1997 – The 69th Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, with The English Patient winning Best Picture.
March 30, 1997 – Channel 5 began broadcasting and was the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue network in the United Kingdom.
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| Hale–Bopp at perihelion on April 1, 1997 |
April 1, 1997 Comet Hale–Bopp meets or exceeds most predictions when it passes perihelion.
Pokémon, a popular animated television series based on the videogame franchise of the same name, premieres on TV Tokyo.
April 14, 1997 Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, 7 miles (11 km) from Mecca; 343 die.
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| The Red River drainage basin, with the Red River highlighted |
April 18, 1997 – The Red River of the North breaks through dikes and floods Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, causing US$2 billion in damage.
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| Released 1997 |
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| Space burials launch cremated remains out of the atmosphere |
"Space burial refers to the blasting of cremated remains into outer space.
Missions may go into orbit around the Earth, to other planetary bodies (such as the Moon), or into deep space.
The cremated remains are not actually scattered in space, and thus do not contribute to space debris
Instead, the ashes remain sealed inside their spacecraft until the spacecraft either: re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and burns up upon re-entry (Earth orbit missions); reaches its final, extraterrestrial destination (e.g. the Moon); or escapes the solar system (deep space missions).
To a lesser extent, suborbital flights provide the opportunity to briefly fly ashes into space and return them back to Earth for recovery.
Only a sample of remains is launched so as to make the service affordable.
Private companies such as Celestis, Inc., Elysium Space, Ascending Memories and Orbital Memorials offer space burial services.
The first space burial occurred in 1992 when the NASA space shuttle Columbia (mission STS-52) carried a portion of Gene Roddenberry's cremated remains into space and returned them to Earth." |
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April 29, 1997 The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), CWC treaty enters into force.
Two trains crash at Hunan, China; 126 are killed.
Two trains crash at Hunan, China; 126 are killed.
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| Released 1997 |
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| Tony Blair In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 |
May 2, 1997 – The Labour Party of the United Kingdom returns to power for the first time in 18 years, with Tony Blair becoming Prime Minister, in a landslide majority in the 1997 general election.
May 10, 1997 – The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake shakes eastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).
At least 1,567 were killed and 2,300 were injured.
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| Released 1997 |
May 12, 1997 – The Russian–Chechen Peace Treaty is signed.
May 15, 1997 – The United States government acknowledges existence of the "Secret War" in Laos (1953–1975) during the Vietnam War, and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
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| Released 1997 |
May 16th, 1997 U.S. President Bill Clinton issues a formal apology to the surviving victims of the
Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male and their families.
May 22, 1997 – Kelly Flinn, the U.S. Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court-martial.
Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male and their families.
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| Released 1997 |
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| Released 1997 |
May 27, 1997 – The second-deadliest tornado of the 1990s hits in Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people.
May 29, 1997 Jeff Buckley Drowns.
May 29, 1997 Jeff Buckley Drowns.
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| Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) |
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| Released 1997 |
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| The bridge viewed from Prince Edward Island |
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| Released 1997 |
June 2, 1997 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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| Released (Canada) 1997 |
June 7, 1997– A computer user known as "_eci" publishes his Microsoft C source code on a Windows 95 and Windows NT exploit, which later becomes WinNuke. The source code gets wide distribution across the internet, and Microsoft is forced to release a security patch.
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June 13, 1997 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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June 19, 1997 – The fast food chain McDonald's wins a partial victory in its libel trial, known as the McLibel case, against two environmental campaigners.
June 22, 1997 – Swedish musician Ted Gärdestad commits suicide by jumping in front of a train (he is found dead later that morning).
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| Released 1997 |
June 25, 1997 A massive eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat leads to evacuation and eventual abandonment of the capital, Plymouth.
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| The Coat of arms of Montserrat |
An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
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| The Coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland |
June 26, 1997 – Bertie Ahern is appointed as the 10th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland and Mary Harney is appointed as the 16th, and first female, Tánaiste, after their parties, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats respectively, win the 1997 General Election.
June 26, 1997 – Bloomsbury Publishing publishes J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in London.
July 1, 1997 – The United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
July 4, 1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
July 10, 1997 In London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton, which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
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| Released 1997 |
July 13, 1997 – The remains of Che Guevara are returned to Cuba for burial, alongside some of his comrades. Guevara and his comrades were executed on 9 October 1967 in Bolivia.
July 23, 1997 – Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
July 30, 1997 – 18 people are killed in the Thredbo landslide in the Snowy Mountains resort in Australia. Stuart Diver is the only survivor.
August 1, 1997 Boeing and McDonnell Douglas complete a merger and Steve Jobs returns to Apple Computer, Inc at Macworld in Boston.
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| The Thredbo debris slope 1997 |
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| Steve Jobs |
August 6, 1997 Microsoft buys a $150 million share of financially troubled Apple Computer and Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
August 31, 1997 – Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana, Princess of Wales is taken to a hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris.
She is pronounced dead at 3:00 am.
September 5, 1997 The International Olympic Committee picks Athens, Greece, to be the host city for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
She is pronounced dead at 3:00 am.
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| 1957 Ford Thunderbird |
September 4, 1997– In Lorain, Ohio, the last Ford Thunderbird for 3 years rolls off the assembly line.
September 6, 1997 The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, takes place at Westminster Abbey, watched by over 2 billion people worldwide and a Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene in Moscow concert, celebrating the city's 850th anniversary, draws 3.5 million people.
September 11, 1997 – Scotland votes to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
September 13, 1997 – Iraq disarmament crisis: An Iraqi military officer attacks an UNSCOM weapons inspector on board an UNSCOM helicopter, while the inspector attempts to take photographs of unauthorized movement of Iraqi vehicles inside a site designated for inspection.
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| Released 1997 in the UK |
September 17, 1997 – Iraq disarmament crisis: While waiting for access to a site, UNSCOM inspectors witness and videotape Iraqi guards moving files, burning documents, and dumping waste cans into a nearby river.
September 26, 1997 Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 crashes while on approach to Medan, North Sumatra, during the 1997 Southeast Asian haze, killing all 234 people on board. This becomes the deadliest aviation accident in Indonesian history and an earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
The son of the Greek Gods Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
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October 4, 1997 One million men gather for Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" event in Washington, D.C.
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| Released 1997 |
Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery: The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history ($17.3 million, mostly in small bills) occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Wells Fargo. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the stolen cash.
A group of martial arts warriors have only six days to save the Earth from an extra-dimensional invasion.
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October 11, 1997 – The mixed martial arts organization Pride Fighting Championships holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
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| John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997) |
October 15, 1997 Andy Green sets the first supersonic land speed record for the ThrustSSC team, led by Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph).
NASA launches the Cassini–Huygens probe to Saturn.
NASA launches the Cassini–Huygens probe to Saturn.
October 16, 1997 – The first color photograph appears on the front page of The New York Times.
October 17, 1997 – The remains of Che Guevara are laid to rest with full military honours in a specially built mausoleum in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, where he had won the decisive battle of the Cuban Revolution 39 years before.
October 17, 1997 – The remains of Che Guevara are laid to rest with full military honours in a specially built mausoleum in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, where he had won the decisive battle of the Cuban Revolution 39 years before.
November 11, 1997 Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom (the largest merger in U.S. history).
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| Mary McAleese |
November 12, 1997 – Mary McAleese is elected the 8th President of Ireland in succession to Mary Robinson, the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected head of state.
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| Underground damage after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing |
November 13, 1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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| Hatshepsut's Temple |
November 17, 1997 – In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut.
November 19, 1997 – In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all 7 babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.
November 22, 1997 Michael Hutchence of INXS found dead.
November 27, 1997 – NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission is launched, the start of the satellite component of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System.
December 3, 1997 – In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and 32 other nations do not sign and/or ratify the treaty.
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| Michael Kelland John Hutchence (22 January 1960 – 22 November 1997) |
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| Released November 21st, 1997 |
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| Artist conception of the TRMM satellite |
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December 8, 1997 – Myra Hindley, one of the Moors murderers, arrives at the High Court of Justice, to contest a recent Home Secretary's decision that she should remain in prison until she dies.
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| Released 1997 |
December 12, 1997 Demonstrations occur in the state capitals of Australia against the WTO and IMF.
December 16, 1997 – "Dennō Senshi Porygon", an episode of the Pokémon TV series, is aired in Japan, inducing seizures in hundreds of Japanese children.
December 19, 1997 James Cameron's Titanic, the then highest-grossing film of all time, premieres in the U.S.
And on the subject of the Titanic I was listening to a podcast the other day at the 'Mysterious Universe' site and in the members extension (which you have to pay for, sorry) was an excellent summary of why the Titanic may have been sunk on purpose.
And on the subject of the Titanic I was listening to a podcast the other day at the 'Mysterious Universe' site and in the members extension (which you have to pay for, sorry) was an excellent summary of why the Titanic may have been sunk on purpose.
It's well worth a listen, and it's what I believe happened with the Titanic, too.
And yes, I know in a few posts back I said I would never pay to listen to a podcast, but curiosity will kill a cat, as they say.
Meow;-)
But I don't mind paying if a podcast delivers the goods.
17.11 – MU PodcastAnd yes, I know in a few posts back I said I would never pay to listen to a podcast, but curiosity will kill a cat, as they say.
Meow;-)
But I don't mind paying if a podcast delivers the goods.
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| ... and 20 years later?-) |
December 30, 1997 – Wilaya of Relizane massacres of December 30, 1997: In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, 400 are killed from four villages in the wilaya of Relizane.
It comes to U.S. showrooms on July 11, 2000
We certainly can learn a lot from going back and revisiting the past it seems;-)
Although Eckhart Tolle might not agree?-)
UPDATE:
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| Published in 1997 |
"The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment is a book by Eckhart Tolle. The book is intended to be a guide for day-to-day living and stresses the importance of living in the present moment and avoiding thoughts of the past or future."
Although I like to dig into the past and try to see it with new eyes myself.
"DeLillo said that the novel's title came to him as he thought about radioactive waste buried deep underground and about Pluto, god of death.
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| Published in 1997 |
"DeLillo said that the novel's title came to him as he thought about radioactive waste buried deep underground and about Pluto, god of death.
The waste and byproducts of history, dissected and discussed throughout the novel, constantly resurface from the underworld (or, subconscious) of the American population despite their best attempts to repress and bury things they would rather forget.
Further connections and connotations about the title can be made between part of the novel's subject matter (mafia criminals in New York who Nick Shay fantasizes may have had his father killed), and the 1927 gangster film of the same name."
Julian Priest: "You can run to any country in the world -- or beyond -- and you'll find nothing new, nothing changed, you'll make no discoveries. For the only undiscovered country left to explore is inside you."
The Hunger TV series was based off the Whitley Strieber novel that was made into a movie starring David Bowie.
David Bowie used to give intros to the later shows in The Hunger TV series.
You may remember that Whitley Strieber dominated my last post in the series about 1987 with the release of his book 'Communion' -
1987: The Present Can Only Be Viewed from the Past?
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| TV series (1997–2000) |
The Hunger TV series was based off the Whitley Strieber novel that was made into a movie starring David Bowie.
David Bowie used to give intros to the later shows in The Hunger TV series.
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| The movie released in 1983 |
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| Bowie performing during the Glass Spider Tour, 1987 |
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| David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016) |
1987: The Present Can Only Be Viewed from the Past?
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| Published in 1997 |
Maybe those owls aren't what they seem after-all?-)
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