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1997 was a common year starting on Wednesday 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.
The 1997–98 El Niño Event had various effects on tropical cyclone activity around the world, with more tropical cyclones than average occurring in the Pacific basins. . This included the Southern Pacific basin between 160°E and 120°W, where 16 tropical cyclones in the South Pacific were observed during the 1997–98 season compared to an average of aroun
October 26 – 1997 World Series: The Florida Marlins defeat the Cleveland Indians. October 27 – Stock markets around the world crash due to a global economic crisis scare. The Dow Jones Industrial Average follows suit and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. The points loss exceeds the loss from Black Monday.
18 October – Auckland, New Zealand: In the 1997 World Club Championship's final, the Brisbane Broncos defeat the Hunter Mariners 36–12 at Ericsson Stadium before a crowd of 12,000. In the Super League II , on Sunday 28 September, with the final of the Premiership was won by Wigan Warriors who defeated St. Helens 33–20.
1997 in athletics; Major world events: World Championships World Indoor Championships: IAAF Athletes of the Year: Wilson Kipketer Marion Jones: ← 1996. 1998 →
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1997 Southeast Asian haze was a large-scale air quality disaster which occurred during the second half of 1997. The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context , a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe convention signed in Espoo, Finland, in 1991, entered into force.