News
The Red River breaches dikes in Grand Forks, North Dakota causing the evacuation of 50,000 people. Fires breakout in the flooded downtown destroying eleven buildings.
1997 Context: News, Entertainment, Lifestyle
News
Scientists at the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland achieve the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell with Dolly the sheep.
News
Princess Diana of Wales is killed in a Paris car crash on August 31st. Her funeral is televised and viewed by 1.5 billion people worldwide.
Movies
The #1 box office film of 1997 is the epic disaster and love story Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Directed by James Cameron, the film is nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning eleven.
News
Astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp first identify their namesake comet in 1995. In 1997 the Hale-Bopp Comet became visible to the naked eye and was observable for 18 months. The brightest comet visible from earth since the early 1800's.
News
39 members of the Heaven's Gate religious cult commit suicide in a home in San Diego, California. The cult members believed they would be taken into a space ship associated with the Hale-Bopp Comet.
News
Mother Teresa dies in Calcutta, India on September 5th. In 1950 she founded the Catholic order the Missionaries of Charity to serve the poorest of the poor. At the time of her death the order was made up of over 4500 nuns serving in 133 countries.
Advertising
Magazine advertisement from Thrifty Rental Cars.
Advertising
Kool cigarette advertisement detail.
Advertising
Lay's Potato Chip ad featuring the Muppets Miss Piggy.
Advertising
Skecher's Footwear advertisement.
Advertising
Print ad for Fashion Bug.
Fashion
Fashion shoot for Vogue Italia 1997.
Catalog
Print ad for Sears fashions for Dad.
Advertising
Detail from a magazine ad for Six Flags Amusement Parks.
Catalog
1997 Victoria's Secret catalog cover.
Movies
Elizabeth Hurley and Mike Meyers star in the spy comedy film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. The successful film would spawn two sequels.
Movies
Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino in the popular comedy film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.
Television
The TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer debuts on the WB network. Based on the 1992 movie of the same name, the series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar would run until 2003.
Television
The animated sitcom South Park created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone debuts on Comedy Central in 1997 where it continues to run today.
Lifestyle
The crowd at an Ann Arbor, Michigan parade.
Lifestyle
Lighting up at a party somewhere in Wales, UK.
Lifestyle
Aberdeen, South Dakota high school students.
Lifestyle
Group at a party in Philadelphia, PA.