Nostalgia
1997

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
	TITANIC
Actor
	Jack Nicholson
	AS GOOD AS IT GETS
Actress
Helen Hunt
AS GOOD AS IT GETS 

Top 25 Songs
1	CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997/SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
		Elton John
2	YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME/FOOLISH GAMES
		Jewel
3	I'LL BE MISSING YOU
		Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (Featuring 112)
4	UN-BREAK MY HEART
		Toni Braxton – LaFace
5	CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWN
		Puff Daddy (Featuring Mase)
6	I BELIEVE I CAN FLY
		R. Kelly
7	DON'T LET GO (LOVE)
		En Vogue
8	RETURN OF THE MACK
		Mark Morrison
9	HOW DO I LIVE
		LeAnn Rimes
10	WANNABE
		Spice Girls
11	QUIT PLAYING GAMES (WITH MY HEART)
		Backstreet Boys
12	MMMBOP
		Hanson
13	FOR YOU I WILL
		Monica – Rowdy
14	YOU MAKE ME WANNA
		Usher
15	BITCH
		Meredith Brooks
16	NOBODY
		Keith Sweat Featuring Athena Cage
17	SEMI-CHARMED LIFE
		Third Eye Blind
18	BARELY BREATHING
		Duncan Sheik
19	HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY
		Az Yet Featuring Peter Cetera – LaFace
20 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS
		The Notorious B.I.G. (Featuring Puff Daddy & Mase)
21	THE FRESHMEN
		The Verve Pipe
22	I WANT YOU
		Savage Garden
23	NO DIGGITY
		BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
24	I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE)
		Rome - Grand Jury
25	HYPNOTIZE
		The Notorious B.I.G

World Series Champion
Florida Marlins 4, Cleveland Indians 3

National Football League Champion
The Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots 35-21 in Super Bowl XXXI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, January 26.

National Basketball League Champion
1996-97    Chicago Bulls over the Utah Jazz    4-2

National Hockey League Champion
Detroit Red Wings

Heavyweight Champion
7 Feb 97   Lennox Lewis KO 5 Oliver McCall, Las Vegas (Regains Vacant WBC Title)
28-Jun-97 Evander Holyfield Disc. 3 Mike Tyson (Retains WBA/IBF Title) in Las Vegas.
12 Jul 97   Lennox Lewis Disc. 5 Henry Akinwande , Lake Tahoe (Retains WBC Title)
4 Oct 97   Lennox Lewis KO 1 Andrew Golota, Atlantic City (Retains WBC Title)
8-Nov-97 Evander Holyfield TKO 8 Michael Moorer (Retains WBA/IBF Title) in Las Vegas.

President/Vice President
Democrat, 1993-2001, Bill Clinton/Al Gore

News Events
Princess Diana is killed in a car crash
The conviction and sentencing of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
Mother Teresa dies
Hong Kong is returned to the Chinese ending Britain's humiliating 156-year rule
Sheep are cloned for the first time
Birth of septuplets
Tobacco settlement
Pathfinder lands on Mars
Fundraising scandals dog the Democrats
Suicide of Heaven's Gate cult members