| January 1 | Rose Bowl, Ohio State Buckeyes beat Arizona State Sun Devils 20 - 17 |
| January 2 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Columbus, Ohio on WBZX 99.7 FM |
| January 3 | Bryant Gumbel co-hosted his final Today show on NBC-TV |
| January 3 | Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick vs. England at Harare |
| January 3 | Zimbabwe clean-sweep ODI series vs. England 3-0 |
| January 5 | "Juan Darien-Carnival Mass" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City |
| January 5 | "Love Thy Neighbor," closes at Booth Theater New York City |
| January 5 | "Show Boat," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City |
| January 6 | "It's a Slippery Slope," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City |
| January 7 | Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House |
| January 9 | Heart attacks sends Frank Sinatra back to hospital |
| January 10 | 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1 |
| January 10 | 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight" |
| January 10 | Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits |
| January 10 | Italy's new 1,000 lire coin shows divided Germany on map |
| January 10 | "Rehersal," closes at Criterion Theater New York City |
| January 10 | Right-winger Arnoldo Aleman sworn in as president of Nicaragua |
| January 11 | 23rd People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby wins |
| January 11 | Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International |
| January 11 | Telstar 401 Satellite Fails |
| January 12 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions |
| January 12 | HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey) |
| January 12 | Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated |
| January 12 | Space Shuttle STS-81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space |
| January 12 | Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships |
| January 15 | Chicago Bull Dennis Rodman kicks cameraman, Eugene Amosin the groin |
| January 15 | Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station |
| January 16 | Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Aus vs. Pakistan, MCG |
| January 17 | NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman |
| January 18 | 47th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 11-7 at San Jose Arena |
| January 19 | 54th Golden Globes: English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush |
| January 19 | Cerebral Palsy telethon |
| January 19 | Michelle McGann wins LPGA Healthsouth Inaugural |
| January 20 | Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit |
| January 20 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans, Louisiana on KKND 106.7 FM |
| January 20 | Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series |
| January 22 | Space Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth, Successful |
| January 25 | 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) |
| January 26 | 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) |
| January 26 | Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant |
| January 26 | "Ideal Husband" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 308 performances |
| January 26 | Super Bowl XXXI, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Green Bay Packers beat New England Patriots 35-21 |
| January 27 | 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win |
| January 27 | "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin New York City |
| January 30 | Minuteman III launches |
| February 2 | Mark O'Meara wins Pebble Beach National Golf Pro-am |
| February 2 | "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin New York City |
| February 2 | NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-23 (OT) |
| February 2 | Royal Caribbean Senior Golf Classic |
| February 3 | Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York |
| February 3 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit, Michigan on WKRK 97.1 FM |
| February 4 | 73 Israelis die when army copters collide |
| February 4 | Mario LeMieux is 7th NHL player to score 600 goals |
| February 4 | O.J. Simpson found libel in murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson |
| February 4 | Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish |
| February 5 | 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund |
| February 5 | Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe) |
| February 6 | Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm |
| February 7 | U.S. and Russia announce summit set for Helsinki, March 20-21 |
| February 9 | 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds |
| February 9 | 47th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-120 at Cleveland |
| February 9 | Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am |
| February 9 | LG Senior Golf Championship |
| February 9 | Mark O'Meara wins Buick golf invitational |
| February 9 | Palm Beach National LPGA Pro-Am |
| February 9 | Scotty Bowman, is 1st NHL coach to win 1,000 games |
| February 10 | 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards |
| February 10 | 5th annual ESPY Awards presented |
| February 10 | Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU) |
| February 10 | Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991 |
| February 10 | O. J. Simpson jury reaches decision on $25M in punitive damages |
| February 10 | Soyuz TM-25 launches to the MIR |
| February 11 | Bill Parcells becomes head coach of New York Jets |
| February 11 | STS-82 (Discovery 22) launches |
| February 12 | Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement |
| February 13 | Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope |
| February 13 | "Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
| February 15 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski |
| February 15 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge |
| February 16 | At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history |
| February 16 | GTE Suncoast Senior Golf Classic |
| February 16 | Paul Stankowski wins Hawaiian Golf Open |
| February 16 | Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Los Angeles Women's Championship |
| February 17 | Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Pasadena California |
| February 17 | Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sex abused his daughter |
| February 19 | FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls |
| February 20 | San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract |
| February 20 | "Stanley" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City |
| February 21 | "Empire Strikes Back, special edition," premieres |
| February 21 | STS-82 (Discovery 22) lands |
| February 22 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open |
| February 23 | Ali Abu Kamal opens fire in Empire State Building and kills 1 |
| February 23 | American Express Senior Golf Invitational |
| February 23 | Jeff Sluman wins Tucson Golf Classic |
| February 23 | NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch |
| February 23 | Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly" |
| February 23 | Tucson Chrysler Golf Classic |
| February 24 | Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th) |
| February 24 | South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp |
| February 26 | 39th Grammy Awards: Change the World Babyface, Beck and LeAnn Rimes wins |
| February 27 | "Last Night of Ballyhoo" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City |
| February 27 | Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop |
| February 28 | Earthquake in Pakistan, kills 45 |
| February 28 | FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia |
| February 28 | Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US |
| March 1 | 5th annual ESPY Awards shown on TV |
| March 1 | "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City |
| March 2 | Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters |
| March 2 | Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open |
| March 2 | Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple Computer |
| March 2 | Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia) |
| March 3 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fayetteville, North Carolina on WRCQ 103.5 FM |
| March 4 | Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks |
| March 4 | Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU) |
| March 4 | President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research |
| March 4 | Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia) |
| March 5 | Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame |
| March 7 | 11th Soul Train Music Awards |
| March 7 | 5 sue Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, because his smoking has violated the country's constitution guaranteeing a wholesome life |
| March 7 | Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome and Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site |
| March 9 | Senior Golf Slam |
| March 9 | Steve Elkington wins Doral-Ryder Golf Open |
| March 11 | 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards |
| March 11 | Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space |
| March 11 | Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by the Queen |
| March 11 | San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch |
| March 14 | 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch |
| March 14 | Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 |
| March 14 | Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E. Sullivan Award |
| March 14 | President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery |
| March 15 | Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals |
| March 16 | Donna Andrews wins LPGA Welch's/Circle K Championship |
| March 16 | New Jersey Devils' Dave Andreychuk is 26th NHL to score 500 goals |
| March 16 | Stuart Appleby wins Honda Golf Classic |
| March 16 | Toshiba Senior Golf Classic |
| March 17 | CNN begins spanish broadcasts |
| March 18 | Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die |
| March 19 | Ice Pairs won by Mandy Woetzel and Ingo Steuer (GER) |
| March 19 | Major League Baseball announces 5 year, $50M deal with Pepsi |
| March 19 | Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments |
| March 20 | Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive |
| March 20 | Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) |
| March 20 | "Play On!," opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 61 performances |
| March 21 | Ice Dance won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus) |
| March 21 | Wrestlemania XIII |
| March 22 | Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) |
| March 22 | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA) |
| March 22 | "Sunset Boulevard," closes at Minskoff New York City after 977 performances |
| March 23 | 17th Golden Raspberry Awards: Striptease wins |
| March 23 | Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING |
| March 23 | Liberty Legends of Senior Golf |
| March 23 | "Mandy Patinkin in Concert," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City |
| March 23 | Phil Mickelson wins Bay Hill Golf Invitiational |
| March 23 | Wrestlemania XIII in Chicago, Undertaker beats Psycho Sid for title |
| March 24 | 69th Academy Awards - Oscar Ceremony Billy Crystal hosts, The English Patient wins Best Picture, Geoffrey Rush and Frances McDormand win lead acting awards |
| March 24 | Australian parliament overturns world's 1st and only euthanasia law |
| March 25 | "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances |
| March 25 | Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice |
| March 26 | "Annie," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| March 26 | NHL announce Might Ducks and Vancouver Canucks to open 1998 in Japan |
| March 27 | 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp) |
| March 27 | Martin Luther King's son meets with James Earl Ray |
| March 27 | "Young Man From Atlanta," opens at Longacre New York City for 85 performances |
| March 28 | "City" soap opera's final episode on ABC-TV |
| March 29 | 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yankees 2-0 (exhibition) |
| March 29 | Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna |
| March 29 | PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith |
| March 30 | 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 |
| March 30 | 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
| March 30 | Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf |
| March 30 | Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship |
| March 31 | 59th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: Ariz beats Kentucky 84-79 (OT) |
| March 31 | "Daytime to Remember" a series showing old soaps premieres on ABC-TV |
| March 31 | Pioneer 10, ends its mission |
| April 1 | 69 year old Gordie Howe begins playing AHL game with Syracuse Crunch |
| April 1 | Comet Hale-Bopp Perihelion (0.914 AU) |
| April 2 | "Doll's House," opens at Belasco Theater New York City |
| April 3 | "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," opens at Royale New York City for 109 performance |
| April 4 | Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth |
| April 4 | Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs |
| April 4 | DMSP Titan 2 launched |
| April 4 | STS-83, Columbia 22, launches |
| April 5 | Galileo, 3rd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 7) |
| April 6 | "3 Sisters" closes at Criterion Theater New York City |
| April 6 | 9th Seniors Golf Tradition: Gil Morgan wins |
| April 6 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge |
| April 6 | Brad Faxon wins Freeport-McDermott Golf Classic |
| April 6 | Progress M-34 Launch (Russia) |
| April 6 | Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic |
| April 7 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Ft. Myers, Florida on WRXK 96.1 FM |
| April 8 | Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 |
| April 8 | STS-83, Columbia 22, lands |
| April 9 | Major League Soccer announces Miami and Chicago expansion |
| April 9 | NFL announces it will give $3M to CFL and possible "World Classic Bowl" |
| April 13 | 48th time opposing pitchers hit home runs, Carlos Perez (Mon)/Darren Holmes |
| April 13 | 61st Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods at 21 (270 18 under par) |
| April 13 | "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 88 performances |
| April 13 | Hartford Whalers last NHL game |
| April 13 | NHL Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux's last NHL regular game |
| April 13 | Travis Fryman homers off R Hernandez in both games of double header 1st time since 1961 that 2 doubleheaders are played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A's vs Yankees in NY |
| April 15 | America On Line, begins service in Japan |
| April 15 | Baseball honors Jackie Robinson by retiring #42 for all teams |
| April 15 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte North Carolina on WXRC 95.7 FM |
| April 16 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Minneapolis/St. Paul on WRQC 100.3 FM |
| April 17 | John Bell, 115, recieves new pacemaker |
| April 17 | New Jersey Devil Martin Brodeur is 2nd NHL goalie to score in a playoff game |
| April 19 | Renee Slaughter, crowned 14th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International |
| April 19 | San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals play at Aloha Stadium Hawaii |
| April 20 | 1st baseball game in Hawaii, Cards beat Padres in doubleheader |
| April 20 | 27th Easter Seal Telethon raises $47,392,682 |
| April 20 | 58th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Hale Irwin |
| April 20 | Cubs beat New York Mets ending NL worst opening, lost 14 straight games |
| April 20 | "Gin Game," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City for 144 performances |
| April 20 | Karrie Webb wins LPGA Susan G Komen International |
| April 20 | Mark McGwire, is 4th to home run on Detroit Tiger left field roof (others are Frank Howard, Harmon Killibrew, and Cecil Fielder) |
| April 20 | Myrtle Beach LPGA Classic |
| April 20 | Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic |
| April 20 | PGA Seniors Championship |
| April 20 | "Present Laughter," closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City |
| April 21 | 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 |
| April 21 | 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 |
| April 21 | Ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit |
| April 23 | 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn |
| April 23 | "Titanic," opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City |
| April 24 | "Steel Peer," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 76 performances |
| April 25 | Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th home run |
| April 26 | "Life," opens at Barrymore Theater New York City |
| April 27 | Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic at Forest Oaks |
| April 27 | Las Vegas Senior Golf Classic by TruGreen-ChemLawn |
| April 27 | "Little Foxes," opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 56 performances |
| April 27 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship |
| April 27 | "Stanley," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City |
| April 28 | "Jekyll and Hyde" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City |
| April 29 | "Candide," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 103 performances |
| April 29 | Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 home runs |
| April 30 | 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay |
| April 30 | Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April |
| April 30 | Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes |
| April 30 | "London Assurance," opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 72 performances |
| April 30 | President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College |
| April 30 | Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt |
| April 30 | Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April05270801 |
| May 1 | Toni Blair elected Prime Minister of U.K. |
| May 2 | Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating |
| May 2 | Mercury Mail announces its 1 millionth internet subscriber |
| May 2 | Republic of Texas security chief Robert Scheidt surrenders |
| May 3 | 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3 |
| May 3 | ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen |
| May 3 | Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue |
| May 4 | Bruno's Memorial Senior Golf Classic |
| May 4 | Phil Blackmar wins 50th Houston golf Open |
| May 4 | Sprint Titleholders LPGA Championship |
| May 4 | Tammie Green wins LPGA Sprint Titlehoders Championship |
| May 5 | Iridium-1 Delta 2 Launch, Successful |
| May 5 | "Married With Children" final episode on Fox TV |
| May 6 | Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| May 6 | NHL Hartford Whalers become Carolina Hurricanes |
| May 6 | Rick Pitino becomes coach of Boston Celtics |
| May 7 | Expos scores 13 in 6th at Giants |
| May 7 | Galileo, 4th Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 8) |
| May 8 | Tea Leoni and David Duchovny wed in Greenwich Village |
| May 9 | 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam |
| May 9 | San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones |
| May 10 | Chicago Cubs turn baseballs 68th triple play (vs San Francisco Giants) |
| May 11 | New York Mets C. Everett and Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch home runs |
| May 11 | Paine Webber Senior Golf Invitational |
| May 11 | "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 61 performances |
| May 11 | Sara Lee LPGA Classic |
| May 11 | Scott McCarron wins Bellsouth Golf Classic |
| May 11 | Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Sara Lee Classic |
| May 12 | 14 North Koreans defect to South Korea |
| May 12 | Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox |
| May 12 | Russia and Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict |
| May 12 | Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida |
| May 12 | Tornado narrowly misses downtown Miami |
| May 13 | Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games |
| May 14 | Baseball's Executive Council suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner |
| May 15 | ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com |
| May 15 | STS-84 (Atlantis 19), launches, 6th Shuttle-Mir Mission |
| May 16 | Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 1-0 in 13 innings |
| May 16 | Brandi Sherwood, (Idaho) replaces Brook Lee (Miss Universe) as Miss USA |
| May 16 | Brook Mehealani Lee, 26, of U.S. crowned 46th Miss Universe |
| May 16 | Expos trailing San Francisco Giants by 9 runs comeback to win 14-13 |
| May 16 | St. Louis Cardinals Gary Gaetti records his 2,000th hits |
| May 17 | 123rd Preakness: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 1:54 |
| May 17 | Sylvester Stallone weds Jennifer Flavin in London |
| May 17 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Sandra Jo Shiery-Odom |
| May 18 | 43rd McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Chris Johnson |
| May 18 | Cadillac NFL Senior Golf Classic |
| May 18 | "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City |
| May 18 | Tiger Woods wins Byron Nelson Golf Classic |
| May 20 | Cosmos Zenit-2 Launch (Russia), Failed |
| May 20 | Thor-2A Delta 2 Launch (Norway/USA), Successful |
| May 20 | White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time |
| May 21 | Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time |
| May 23 | "King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater New York City |
| May 23 | Mel Karmazin replaces Peter Lund as CEO of CBS TV |
| May 24 | STS-84 (Atlantis 19), lands |
| May 24 | Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful |
| May 25 | Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic |
| May 25 | David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Ft. Worth Texas |
| May 25 | Indianapolis 500 race |
| May 25 | Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number |
| May 25 | Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic |
| May 25 | Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games |
| May 26 | Sammy Sosa (Cubs) and Tony Womack (Pirates) hit inside the park home runs |
| May 27 | 1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole |
| May 27 | Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500 |
| May 27 | Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract |
| May 27 | Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yankees pay out most $28M |
| May 27 | Marv Albert pleads innocent to charges of sexually assault |
| May 27 | Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO |
| May 28 | Bob Dylan hospitalized in England with histoplasmosis |
| May 28 | Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight |
| May 28 | Tornado in Jarrell Texas kills at least 28 |
| May 28 | Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time |
| May 29 | 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym |
| May 29 | Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil |
| May 30 | Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set afire by 12 year old grandson |
| May 30 | Ken Dryden becomes president of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs |
| May 31 | Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race |
| May 31 | "Once Upon a Matress," closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 187 perf |
| June 1 | 10th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $5,400,186 |
| June 1 | 1st New York Women Film Festival opens |
| June 1 | 51st Tony Awards: Titanic and Last Night of Ballyhoo win |
| June 1 | Ameritech Senior Golf Open |
| June 1 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Michelob Light Classic |
| June 1 | Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race |
| June 1 | Heartland LPGA Classic |
| June 1 | Los Angeles Dodger Wilton Guerrero's bat breaks, revealing it is corked |
| June 1 | Vijay Singh wins Golf Memorial at Muirfield Village CC, 14 under par |
| June 2 | Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends |
| June 2 | Liberals beat Conservatives in France |
| June 2 | Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168 |
| June 7 | 129th Belmont: Chris McCarron aboard Touch Gold wins in 2:28.8 |
| June 7 | 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) |
| June 7 | Cosmos 2344 Proton-K Launch (Russia), Failed |
| June 7 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings sweep the Philadelphia Flyers |
| June 8 | 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62) |
| June 8 | BellSouth Senior Golf Classic at Opryland |
| June 8 | Justin Leonard wins golf's Kemper Open at TPC at Avenel |
| June 8 | Pat Hurst wins LPGA Oldsmobile Classic |
| June 8 | "Young Man From Atlanta" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 85 performances |
| June 9 | British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires |
| June 9 | Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning |
| June 10 | Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful |
| June 10 | Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits San Francisco Giants 9-0 |
| June 12 | 1st ever baseball inter-league game San Francisco Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3 |
| June 12 | MTV Movie Awards |
| June 13 | 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2 |
| June 13 | Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death |
| June 13 | Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash |
| June 15 | 97th U.S. Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 276 Congressional CC Bethesda Md |
| June 15 | British model Naomi Campbell, hospitalized on drug overdose |
| June 15 | Danielle Ammaccapane wins Edina Realty LPGA Classic |
| June 15 | Du Mauier Senior Golf Champions |
| June 15 | "Little Foxes," closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 56 performances |
| June 16 | 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes |
| June 17 | NHL announces it will add Nashville in 1998, Atlanta in 1999 and Minneapolis-St. Paul and Columbus, Ohio in 2000 |
| June 19 | "Forever Tango!," opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City |
| June 20 | Negotiators announce agreement in principle with tobacco industry |
| June 21 | 35th NHL draft Boston picks center Joe Thornton 1st |
| June 21 | "Defending the Caveman," closes at Helen Hayes New York City after 671 performances |
| June 21 | Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks |
| June 22 | Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic |
| June 22 | Nationwide Senior Golf Championship |
| June 22 | Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International |
| June 22 | World Bowl: Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24 |
| June 23 | Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts |
| June 24 | 4-1, Mark McGwire his a 538 foot home run |
| June 24 | Melissa Drexler, 18, charged with killing her baby during her prom |
| June 24 | Seat Mariner Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A's but loses |
| June 25 | Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million |
| June 25 | Galileo, 2nd Callisto Flyby, Orbit 9 |
| June 25 | Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch, Successful |
| June 25 | J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game |
| June 25 | Jamaica issues a warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop |
| June 25 | NHL approves franchises in Nash, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minn-St. Paul |
| June 25 | Progress M-34 Collides with and damages Mir Space Station |
| June 26 | Galileo, Ganymede Observations, Orbit 9 |
| June 26 | Supreme Court strikes down Internet indecency law |
| June 26 | Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban |
| June 28 | "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances |
| June 28 | "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances |
| June 28 | TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant |
| June 29 | 18th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh |
| June 29 | "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 88 performances |
| June 29 | Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic |
| June 29 | "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 72 performances |
| June 29 | Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic |
| June 29 | Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) |
| June 29 | Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss |
| June 30 | Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks |
| July 1 | Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield |
| July 1 | STS-94 (Columbia 23) launches into orbit |
| July 1 | U.K. returns Hong Kong to China |
| July 3 | Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit |
| July 4 | U.S. space probe Pathfinder lands on Ares Vallis Mars |
| July 5 | 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna |
| July 5 | New York Yankees withdraw Kenny Rogers and Mariano Duncon deal for SD Padre |
| July 6 | 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) |
| July 6 | "Dream-Johnny Mercer Musical," closes at Royale New York City after 109 performances |
| July 6 | Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Jamie Farr Kroger Classic |
| July 6 | Montreal Expos retire Andre Dawson's uniform #10 |
| July 6 | Wimbledon Women's Doubles Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva beat Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf |
| July 7 | Tiger Woods wins golf's Western Open |
| July 7 | Tower Minnesota temps dip to 24 degrees F |
| July 8 | 68th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Jacobs Field, Cleveland |
| July 8 | NATO invites Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic to join |
| July 9 | Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband |
| July 9 | Mike Tyson is banned from boxing, for biting Holyfield's ear |
| July 10 | Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3 |
| July 10 | Louise Woodward's trial begins in Massachusetts, Nanny murder trial |
| July 10 | RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads |
| July 12 | Pirates Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 inn |
| July 13 | 15th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Larry Gilbert |
| July 13 | 52nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Alison Nicholas |
| July 13 | David Toms wins Quad City Golf Classic at 265 |
| July 13 | Ford Senior Players Golf Championship |
| July 13 | Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77 |
| July 14 | Bomb in Algiers kills 21 and wounds 40 |
| July 16 | Jerold Mackenzie awarded $266M for being fired from Miller Brewing for sexual harrassment for relaying a Seinfeld episode to a co worker |
| July 17 | STS-94 (Columbia 23), lands |
| July 20 | 126th British Golf Open: Billy Ray Brown shoots a 271 at Royal Troon |
| July 20 | American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272 |
| July 20 | Burnet Senior Golf Classic |
| July 20 | Michele Redman wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Classic |
| July 21 | New York Yankee Mike Whiton held in Milwaukee on charges of sexual assault |
| July 22 | Fire breaks out at Palais de Chaillot in Paris |
| July 23 | Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them |
| July 25 | Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby |
| July 25 | Carroll O'Connor found not guilty of slandering Harry Perzigian |
| July 25 | Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas, Texas |
| July 25 | Quarterback Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs |
| July 25 | Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling |
| July 25 | Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in New York City |
| July 27 | "Candide," closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 103 performances |
| July 27 | Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 |
| July 27 | Franklin Quest Senior Golf Championship |
| July 27 | Stewart Cink wins golfs Greater Hartford Open (267) |
| July 27 | Tammie Green wins Giant Eagle LPGA Classic |
| July 27 | "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 738 performances |
| July 28 | Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks |
| July 28 | Peter Graf, father of Steffi, enters German jail for tax evasion |
| July 29 | U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club Illinois |
| July 30 | Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14 |
| July 31 | A's trade Mark McGwire to St. Louis Cardinals07940601 |
| August 3 | 25th du Maurier Golf Classic: Colleen Walker wins |
| August 3 | BankBoston Senior Golf Classic |
| August 3 | Garth Brooks performs a free concert in Central Park New York for HBO |
| August 3 | Phil Mickelson wins golf's Sprint International |
| August 4 | "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show," premieres on Fox TV |
| August 5 | Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive |
| August 5 | Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of world trade center bombing goes on trial |
| August 5 | Soyuz TM-26 crew of Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, launched |
| August 6 | Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc |
| August 6 | NHL Nashville, Tennessee names Barry Trotz as its 1st coach |
| August 7 | STS-85, Discovery 23, launches into orbit |
| August 7 | Ung Huot appointed Cambodia's 1st premier |
| August 8 | Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox |
| August 9 | Security guard Abner Louima, attacked by New York City police |
| August 9 | Yankees break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins |
| August 10 | 36th Walker Cup: U.S., 18-6 |
| August 10 | Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine |
| August 10 | Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal |
| August 10 | Deb Richard wins LPGA Friendly's Classic |
| August 10 | Northville Long Island Senior Golf Classic |
| August 10 | Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf |
| August 11 | Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday |
| August 13 | Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees |
| August 13 | San Diego Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels |
| August 14 | "1776," opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
| August 14 | Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death |
| August 14 | Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open |
| August 14 | Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh |
| August 14 | Soyuz TM-25 lands |
| August 15 | Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th home run |
| August 15 | Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts |
| August 15 | Los Angeles Dodgers retire Tommy Lasorda's #2 |
| August 16 | For only 2nd time Stanley Cup leaves North America (heads to Russia) |
| August 17 | 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot GC |
| August 17 | First of America Senior Golf Classic |
| August 17 | Macy's Tap-o-mania |
| August 17 | Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open |
| August 19 | New York Yankee 3rd baseman Wade Boggs pitches a scoreless inning vs Anaheim |
| August 19 | STS-85 (Discovery 23) lands |
| August 20 | Shelly Moore, 18, of Tennessee, crowned 15th Miss Teen USA |
| August 21 | Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China |
| August 21 | U.S. government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out |
| August 24 | 97th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Joel Kribel |
| August 24 | Colleen Wakjer wins Star Bank LPGA Classic |
| August 24 | Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273 |
| August 24 | Mark Calcavecchia wins Greater Vancouver Golf Open shooting 265 |
| August 24 | Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic |
| August 28 | 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain |
| August 28 | Belgian amusement park riders were stuck upside down for 90 minutes |
| August 30 | 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat New York Liberty |
| August 30 | Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (U.S. Open) |
| August 31 | Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by New York Yankees |
| August 31 | "Gin Game," closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 144 performances |
| August 31 | Pittsburgh Senior Golf Classic |
| August 31 | Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 26807721201 |
| September 1 | Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan |
| September 1 | Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic |
| September 1 | "Doll's House," closes at Belasco Theater |
| September 1 | Jerry Lewis' 32nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,500,000 |
| September 2 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal, Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM |
| September 2 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto, Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM |
| September 4 | 14th MTV Awards |
| September 4 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville, Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM |
| September 5 | Athen's Greece selected for 2004 Olympics |
| September 5 | Larry King weds Shawn Southwick |
| September 5 | Orioles beat Yankes 13-9 in longest 9 inning game |
| September 6 | Princess Diana's funeral |
| September 6 | Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open |
| September 7 | 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) |
| September 7 | 117th U.S. Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) |
| September 7 | Boone Valley Senior Golf Classic |
| September 7 | Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation |
| September 7 | Karrie Webb wins Safeway LPGA Golf Championship |
| September 7 | Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open |
| September 7 | Steve Jones wins Canadian Golf Open with a 275 |
| September 9 | Sinn Fein accepts Mitchell Principles on para-military disarmamen |
| September 10 | Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million |
| September 10 | Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation |
| September 10 | Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs |
| September 12 | New York Met John Olerud hits for the cycle |
| September 13 | Carolina Hurricane's 1st exhibition game beat New York Islanders 4-1 |
| September 13 | Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998 |
| September 14 | 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards |
| September 14 | Bank One Senior Golf Classic |
| September 14 | Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's number, 72 |
| September 14 | Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Classic |
| September 14 | Loren Roberts wins CVS Charity Golf Classic with a 266 |
| September 15 | Edison International purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M |
| September 15 | Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000 |
| September 16 | ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA |
| September 16 | Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO |
| September 16 | Mark McGwire signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $26M |
| September 17 | Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test |
| September 18 | Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo elected to World Golf Hall of Fame |
| September 18 | Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations |
| September 20 | Yankees clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive |
| September 21 | Brickyard Crossing Senior Golf Championhsip |
| September 21 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA PING Welch's Championship |
| September 21 | Mike Piazza is 2nd to hit a home run out of Dodger Stadium |
| September 21 | New York Yankee Cecil Fielder hits his 300th home run |
| September 21 | Tim Herron wins Texas Golf Open shooting a 271 |
| September 22 | Elton John releases Diana tribute 'Candle in the Wind 1997' |
| September 23 | Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258) |
| September 24 | Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted |
| September 25 | Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) |
| September 25 | "ER" is performed live on TV |
| September 25 | STS-86 (Atlantis 20) launches into orbit |
| September 25 | WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington D.C. franchises |
| September 26 | Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 56th home run of 1997 |
| September 28 | 32nd Ryder Cup: at Sotogrande Spain |
| September 28 | Emerald Coast Senior Golf Classic |
| September 28 | Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting |
| September 28 | St. Louis Card Mark McGwire hits his 58th home run of 1997 (34 with Oak A's) |
| September 28 | Wendy Ward wins LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic |
| September 29 | Jury selection in Terry Nichols Oklahoma bombing trial begins |
| September 30 | 1st time 3 cons home runs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (New York Yankees) |
| September 30 | Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits |
| September 30 | Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 |
| September 30 | Yankees Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yankees beat Indians 8-6) |
| October 1 | Carolina Hurricanes 1st game vs Tampa Bay Lightning |
| October 3 | Carolina Hurricanes 1st home game vs Pitts Penguins |
| October 3 | Gordie Howie, 69, plays in 7th decade, with IHL'S Detroit Vipers |
| October 3 | Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph |
| October 3 | Vancouver Canucks beats Mighty Ducks, 3-2 in Japan |
| October 4 | Farm Aid 10 concert cancelled due to weak ticket sales |
| October 5 | 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) |
| October 5 | Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA CoreStates Betsy King Classic |
| October 5 | Davis Love III wins golf's Buick challenge, shooting a 267 |
| October 5 | STS-86 (Atlantis 20) lands |
| October 5 | Vantage Senior Golf Championship |
| October 9 | ABL players allowed to own stock in the league |
| October 9 | Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico |
| October 9 | NC's Dean Smith winningest college basetball coach retires |
| October 9 | New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties |
| October 9 | Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo |
| October 11 | Dennis Rodman returns from 2nd longest NBA suspension (11 games) |
| October 12 | David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club |
| October 12 | Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship |
| October 12 | Transamerica Senior Golf |
| October 13 | Andy Green's Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH |
| October 14 | Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS |
| October 15 | Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) |
| October 15 | Cleveland Indians beat Baltimore Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS |
| October 15 | Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud |
| October 15 | New York jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 |
| October 15 | U.S. launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn |
| October 16 | "Side Show," opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 91 performances |
| October 19 | 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians) |
| October 19 | "Annie," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| October 19 | David Duval wins Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Golf Classic |
| October 19 | Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Senior Golf Classic |
| October 20 | Richard Gnida, Limo driver in Detroit Red Wings crash, pleads guilty |
| October 20 | U.S. accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers |
| October 21 | Cleveland Marquis Grissom hit in his 15th straight World Series game (streak ends at 15, he is 2nd to Hank Baur with 17) |
| October 21 | Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana breaks world record, 318 million distributed |
| October 22 | 2nd longest 9 inning World Series game (4:12) as Marlins and Indians were tied 7-7 going into the 9th, Mariners win 14-11 |
| October 22 | Cleveland Marquis Grissom World Series hitting streak ends after 15 games |
| October 22 | Coldest World Series game Marlins vs Cleveland (38 degrees F) |
| October 22 | Compaq testifies Microsoft threaten to break Windows 95 agreement if they showcased a Netscape icon |
| October 22 | New York Ranger Wayne Gretsky wife Janet is knocked unconcious and gets 2 stitches while watching the game as a plexiglass falls on her |
| October 22 | Yahoo completes purchase of Four11 |
| October 23 | At 6:11 AM San Francisco experiences a black out |
| October 23 | Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts |
| October 23 | Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers |
| October 23 | "Triumph of Love," opens at Royale Theater New York City |
| October 26 | Bill Glasson wins Las Vegas Golf Invitational |
| October 26 | Nichirei LPGA International |
| October 26 | Raley's Gold Rush Senior Golf Classic |
| October 26 | World Series: Florida Marlins beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3 |
| October 27 | Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161 |
| October 27 | Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million |
| October 27 | Microsoft argues it should be "free from government interference" |
| October 27 | U.S. releases a redesigned $50 bill |
| October 28 | NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league |
| October 30 | "Cherry Orchard," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| October 30 | Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured |
| October 31 | British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 |
| November 2 | 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43 |
| November 2 | 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 |
| November 2 | "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances |
| November 2 | Ralphs Senior Golf Classic |
| November 2 | Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup |
| November 2 | Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam |
| November 2 | USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International |
| November 3 | Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year |
| November 3 | California law ends affirmative-action |
| November 3 | David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club |
| November 3 | Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year |
| November 5 | 2 hours after Davey Johnson resigns, he is named AL Manager of Year |
| November 5 | French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages |
| November 6 | "Proposals," opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 76 performances |
| November 6 | San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year |
| November 7 | "Bean" opens in US |
| November 8 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away |
| November 8 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays name their 1st manager Larry Rothschild |
| November 9 | "Cherry Orchard," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| November 9 | Energizer Senior Golf Tour Championship |
| November 9 | Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| November 9 | "Scarlet Pimpernel," opens at Minskoff Theater New York City |
| November 9 | Toray Japan Queens Cup |
| November 10 | Artist Peter Max pleads guilty to tax fraud and time served |
| November 10 | "Jackie - An American Life," opens at Belasco Theater New York City |
| November 10 | Nanny Louise Woodward, murder sentenced downgrade to manslaughter |
| November 11 | Roger Clemens wins his 4th AL Cy Young Award |
| November 11 | WNBA expands to Detroit and Washington D.C. |
| November 12 | Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004 |
| November 12 | Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award |
| November 13 | Ken Griffey, Jr. unanimously wins AL MVP |
| November 13 | "Lion King," opens at New Amersterdam Theater New York City |
| November 13 | U.N. pulls out arms inspection teams from Iraq |
| November 14 | Colorado Rockie Larry Walker wins NL MVP |
| November 14 | Disney's "Lion King" sets Broadway record of $2,700,000 daily sale |
| November 15 | 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards |
| November 15 | William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd |
| November 16 | "1776," closes at Criterion Theater New York City |
| November 16 | CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Saskatchawan, 47-23 |
| November 17 | Islamist terrorists murder 60 tourists at Luxor in Egypt |
| November 17 | Mario Lemieux enters NHL Hall of Fame |
| November 18 | Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft |
| November 18 | FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash |
| November 18 | Mavericks' A C Green ties Randy Smith's NBA record of 906 cons games |
| November 18 | Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000 |
| November 18 | Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500 |
| November 19 | "Eugene Onegin," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| November 19 | "Old Neighborhood," opens at Booth Theater New York City |
| November 19 | STS-87 (Columbia 24) launches into orbit |
| November 20 | Flyers Eric Lindros tries to bite San Jose defenseman Marty McSorley |
| November 20 | "Ivanov," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 51 performances |
| November 20 | Last original Florida Marlin, Jeff Conine, traded to Kansas City Royals |
| November 20 | Mavericks' A C Green sets NBA record of 907 consecutive games played |
| November 20 | New York Islanders lose, beginning a 10 game losing streak |
| November 23 | Annika Sorenstam wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship |
| November 23 | Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ |
| November 24 | "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 79 performances |
| November 25 | U.S. telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia |
| November 26 | Washington Capitals final game at USAir Arena, retire Rod Langway's #5 |
| November 27 | Lions' Barry Sanders becomes NFL's 2nd all-time rusher |
| November 28 | Final episode of "Beavis and Butt-head," on MTV |
| November 29 | USAir Arena closes, hosting Washington Wizards |
| November 30 | 86th Davis Cup: Sweden sweeps U.S. in Gothenburg (5-0) |
| November 30 | "Eugene Onegin," closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City |
| December 1 | GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo |
| December 1 | Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport, Iowa on KORB 93.5 FM |
| December 1 | Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS |
| December 2 | MCI Center opens in Washington D.C., Wizards vs SuperSonics |
| December 3 | "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City |
| December 3 | Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo |
| December 4 | "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater New York City |
| December 4 | NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach |
| December 5 | 1st Game at Washington Capitals' MCI Center vs. Florida Panthers |
| December 5 | STS-87 (Columbia 24) lands |
| December 7 | Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic |
| December 8 | 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win |
| December 11 | Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows |
| December 11 | "Sunshine Boys," opens at Lyceum Theater New York City |
| December 12 | Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris |
| December 12 | Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him |
| December 12 | Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin |
| December 12 | Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH |
| December 12 | Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract |
| December 12 | SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages |
| December 12 | TWA 800 hearings end |
| December 13 | 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB) |
| December 14 | Diners Club Senior Golf Match |
| December 14 | Juli Inkster and Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches |
| December 14 | Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals |
| December 14 | "View From the Bridge," opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
| December 15 | San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16 |
| December 16 | President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy" |
| December 19 | MTV drops video "Smack My Bitch Up" by Prodigy |
| December 21 | Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season |
| December 21 | Detroit Lions linebacker Reggie Brown, knocked unconscious in game |
| December 21 | Lexus Senior Golf Challenge |
| December 21 | Wendy's Three-Tour LPGA Challenge |
| December 21 | Wendy's Three-Tour Senior Golf Challenges |
| December 22 | Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract |
| December 22 | Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA |
| December 22 | Nancy Kerring and Tonya Harding pre-record a show to air on FOX on Feb 5 |
| December 23 | Chicago Bull's coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins |
| December 23 | Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals |
| December 23 | Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing |
| December 23 | U.S. Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18 |
| December 23 | Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow |
| December 24 | 1st time a Channukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City |
| December 25 | For 1st time U.S. movie box office receipts pass $6 billion |
| December 25 | Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show |
| December 28 | Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship |
| December 29 | Carquest Bowl 8: Georgia Tech beats West Virginia, 35-30 |
| December 29 | Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu |
| December 29 | Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care |
| December 29 | Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China |
| December 30 | An abandoned building collapses on New York's 42nd St, no one hurt |
| December 31 | Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268 |
| December 31 | Marv Levy, retires as coach of Buffalo Bills |
| December 31 | Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service |
| December 31 | More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809 |
| December 31 | Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba |
| December 31 | South African and U.S. surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head |
