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Yachtsman Tony Bullimore is found alive, 5 days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean.
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In northwest Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers, and seriously wound another.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton is inaugurated for his second term.
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It is revealed that French museums had nearly 2,000 pieces of art that had been stolen by Nazis
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On their way to Lebanon, 2 Israeli troop-transport helicopters collide, killing 73.
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The so-called "Big Three" banks in Switzerland announced the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
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Two robbers wearing kevlar body armor armed with AKMs containing armor-piercing bullets injure 17 police officers and civilians in a gun battle. The incident sparked debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.
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India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.
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Mohammad Khatami won at 1997 Iranian presidential election and became first Iranian Reformist President.
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In San Diego, California, 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound.
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Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister in the United Kingdom.
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About 50 are killed in the Dairat Labguer massacre in Algeria.
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The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.
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Diana, Princess of Wales, is taken to hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 04:00 a.m
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53 are killed in the Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria.
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NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission is launched, the start of the satellite component of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System.
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Janet Jagan the former wife of Cheddi Jagan took office in Guyana.
