Historical Events
- 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186
- 1st NY Women Film Festival opens
- 51st Tony Awards: "Titanic" (musical) & "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" (play) win
- After a huge 7-month buildup, Donovan Bailey of Canada beats American superstar Michael Johnson in 150m race in Toronto; disappointingly, Johnson pulls up at 110m mark with quadriceps injury
- Hugo Banzer wins the Presidential elections in Bolivia.
- LA Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked
Once Upon a Mattress
Revival of Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress", starring Sarah Jessica Parker, closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 188 performances
1997 History
Famous Weddings
Kenny Rogers
Grammy Award-winning pop-country singer Kenny Rogers (59) weds Wanda Miller (31) at his ranch in Athens, Georgia
Famous Deaths
- Nikolai Tikhonov, Soviet politician (Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union 1980-85), dies at 92
1997 Highlights
About June 1, 1997
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 26 years, 10 months and 17 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation Z
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Gemini
Music Charts
#1 Song: MMMBop - Hanson
#1 Song: MMMbop - Hanson
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