1997 was a great year! The Spice Girls were taking over the world with Girl Power and Titanic was the box office movie of the year…the same cannot be said for Batman and Robin (not even George Clooney could save that!).
Top 100 Songs of 1997
Turning back the Technology
- Apple introduces the first Power Macintosh G3 desktop in November 1997
- Microsoft releases Microsoft Office 97
- Yahoo! introduces Yahoo Mail
- The domain facebook.com comes online March 28, 1997
- The domain craigslist.com comes online September 24, 1997
- Netflix is established
- Steve Jobs rejoins Apple September 16, 1997
Around the World in 1997
France
Diana Princess of Wales is killed in a car crash in Paris
UK
Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
India
Mother Teresa Dies in Calcutta
Australia
El Nino forms in the oceans between Australia causing unstable weather conditions including Hurricanes and drought in the Southern Hemisphere and colder temperatures in the North
Italy
Assisi’s Medieval Basilica ceiling and important frescoes Damaged In Earthquake