Takeshi Kitano emerged as a significant filmmaker with works such as Sonatine ( 1993 ), Kids Return ( 1996 ) and Hana-bi ( 1997 ), which was given the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

She made her debut as a singer ( produced by X Japan co-founder Yoshiki Hayashi ) and also appeared as " Shoko Matsuda " ( Matsuda was her mother's maiden name ) in her father's film Hana-bi in 1997.

* 1997 Hana-bi ( aka Fireworks in North America ), by himself

* Hana-bi ( 1997 )

He is also recognized for the soundtracks he has provided for filmmaker ' Beat ' Takeshi Kitano, including A Scene at the Sea ( 1991 ), Dolls ( 2002 ), Kikujiro ( 1999 ), Hana-bi ( 1997 ), Kids Return ( 1996 ), and Sonatine ( 1993 ).

It is also notable that Sonatine shares many thematic qualities with Kitano's 1997 later film, Hana-bi, which is considered by many to be his masterpiece, since it earned him a Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.

In 1997, Hana-bi was premiered in Italy, at the Venice Film Festival, where it earned Kitano the first prize, known as the Golden Lion award.

Afterwards, he appeared in over eight more films before meeting up with Takeshi again for the 1997 film Hana-bi.

* Hana-bi ( 1997 ) as Chef # 1

* Democratic Republic of the Congo aka Congo-Kinshasa ( since 1997 ).

* 1914 – Eddie Chapman, British World War II spy and double agent, aka Agent Zigzag ( d. 1997 )

* Sue ( aka Sue lost in Manhattan ) ( 1997 )

* Philocetes aka ' Phil ' from Disney's 1997 film Hercules

( aka Biggie Smalls ), was murdered in a similar fashion in March 1997, speculation arose that Knight was involved and that B. I. G.

Erik Sprague, aka The Lizardman had his tongue split on July 18, 1997, by oral surgeon Dr. Lawrence Busino, using an argon laser.

* Chris " Christer Engen " Summers aka " The Rolex of Drummers " and " The Prince of Drummers "-Drums ( 1997 – 2008 )

Li Shuxian aka Li Shu-Hsien ( 李淑賢 ; pinyin: Lĭ Shúxían ) ( 1925 – 9 June 1997 ) was the fifth and last wife of Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in China.

* 1997: Noi siamo angeli ... aka " We Are Angels "

# The Death of Faith ( 1997 ) aka Quietly in Their Sleep

They managed to complete just one propaganda movie, The Attack on Hong Kong ( 1942 ; aka The Day of England's Collapse ) before the British returned in 1945 ( Teo, 1997 ).

* Conan the Adventurer ( TV series ), aka Conan, an American television series produced from 1997 to 1998

Clarion for Windows version 2 ( aka CW20 ) was released in June 1996, with the final 2. 003 release March 1997.

Clarion 4 ( aka C4 ) was released December 1997, with the final 4. 002 release May 1998.

* Robbie Chater – keyboards, mixing, producer, choir, chorus, design, guitar ( 1997 – present ) ( aka Bobby C, member of Bobbydazzler )

Monique Andrée Serf ( June 9, 1930 – November 24, 1997 ), aka " Barbara " was a popular French female singer.

Photosensitive epilepsy was again brought to public attention in late 1997 when the Pokémon episode " Dennō Senshi Porygon " ( aka " Computer Soldier Porygon ") was broadcast in Japan, showing a sequence of flickering images that triggered seizures simultaneously in hundreds of susceptible viewers ( although 12, 000 children reported symptoms which may be attributable to mass hysteria ).

( Release the Prisoners to Spring ), in the 1962 cult movie Raggargänget, in Kådisbellan ( aka The Slingshot ) in 1993 and as the pompous old drag queen Ragnar Rönn in the teleplay Cheek to Cheek ( written and directed by Jonas Gardell ), 1997.

A France 3 TV programme, Death in the Tropics, implicated Flosse in the 1997 disappearance and possible murder of Tahiti journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud ( aka JPK ).

She divorced in the late 1970s and although she never remarried, she was briefly linked with author and actor, Prince Heinrich Starhemberg ( aka Henry Gregor, 1934 – 1997 ) in the mid 1990s until his death.

A possible second species is represented by the specimen GMV 2124 ( aka NGMC 2124 ), which was described as another, larger specimen of S. prima by Ji and Ji in 1997.

In 1996 Martin starred as deaf abuse victim Laura Keyes on Lifetime's TV movie " After the Silence ( aka Breaking Through )" and in 1997, she starred on the short-lived NBC drama Crisis Center, which lasted only six episodes.

Volkswagen Group removed a cylinder from the VR6 in 1997 to create the VR5 ( aka ' V5 '), the second block to use an uneven number of cylinders in a Vee design after the Honda V3 triples of MotoGP fame.

, released in the US as " Fireworks ", is a 1997 Japanese film written, directed and edited by, and starring Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano.

They also recorded a BBC Radio One Peel Session ( 1997 ), a BBC Radio One Session in Scotland ( 1999 ), and a BBC Radio Scotland Live Session ( 2003 ), and released " Torch Number One " as one half of a split single with Glaswegian hardcore group Churn on Too Many Fireworks Records in 2003.

* Split single with Park Ave. – The Wrens track: " Fireworks "/" James, I Wanna " ( Saddle Creek Records, 1997 )

* 1997 Strong Female Characters-Kipton and the Android by Charles L. Fontenay ( Royal Fireworks Press, 1996 )

* This World, Then the Fireworks ( 1997 )

In the movies, she was in the Spanish Entreacte ( 1989 ), the successful Italian romantic comedy Fuochi d ' artificio ( Fireworks, 1997 ) and the short fantasy film El topo y el hada ( 1998 ).

The soundtrack for the last movie on which he worked, This World, Then the Fireworks ( 1997 ), demonstrates his gift for writing music that is both sophisticated and expressive.

Highlights from the history of the Society include: The Proclamation of the Dogma of Our Lady Assumpta ( 1950 ); the 50th and 75th anniversary celebrations ( 1960 and 1985 respectively ); the 50th anniversary from the ‘ Convoy of Saint Mary ’ ( 1942 – 1992 ); the 50th Anniversary from the foundation of the Orchestra and eventually the Band ( 1996 and 1997 ); the 400 years from the foundation of Mqabba Parish ( 1998 ); the award of the Etoile d ' Or du Jumelage ( 1998 ); the 50th anniversary from the proclamation of the ' dogma '; and the winning of the First Malta International Fireworks Festival ( 2006 ).

* 1997 – The Red River Flood of 1997 overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota.

North American efforts include the 1993 founding of RadPsyNet Radical Psychology Network, the 1997 publication of Critical Psychology: An Introduction ( edited by Dennis Fox and Isaac Prilleltensky ; expanded 2009 edition edited by Dennis Fox, Isaac Prilleltensky, and Stephanie Austin ), and the action-focused PsyACT ( Psychologists Acting with Conscience Together ).

The Earthling Tour took in Europe and North America between June and November 1997.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.

* 1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.

In July 1997, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) summit in Madrid, Greek and Turkish leaders reached agreement on six principles to govern their bilateral relations.

As a result of Guam's being added to the North American Numbering Plan ( NANP ) in 1997, calls made to the U. S., Canada, or other participating countries from Guam ( or to Guam from other NANP locations ) only require the caller to dial a 1 followed by the area code.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1997.

After the 1997 season ( when Bloomington North won the final single-class State Championship ), the IHSAA controversially did away with the single-class system, ending the run of single-class champions in Indiana.

35 million euros between 1997 and 2011 ), despite stiff competition from other film locations in Eastern Europe and North Africa, with the Malta Film Commission providing support services to foreign film companies for the production of feature cinema ( Gladiator, Troy, Munich and Count of Monte Cristo ' World War Z, amongst others, were shot in Malta over the last few years ), commercials and television series.

In 1997, owner Carl Pohlad almost sold the Twins to North Carolina businessman Don Beaver, who would have moved the team to the Piedmont Triad area.

After three years of consolidating his power, Kim Jong-il became Chairman of the NDC on October 8, 1997, a position described by the NDC as the nation's " highest administrative authority ," and thus North Korea's de facto head of state.

* 1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U. S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company.

PLAN task groups also paid visits to Indonesia in 1995 ; North Korea in 1997 ; New Zealand, Australia, and the Philippines in 1998 ; Malaysia, Tanzania, South Africa, the United States, and Canada in 2000 ; and India, Pakistan, France, Italy, Germany, Britain, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand in 2001.

* North, J, Stonehenge: Ritual Origins and Astronomy ( HarperCollins, 1997 )

In North America and Europe, however, the Pico was less successful and games were only developed until 1997.

Gretzky's jersey number 99 is only the second number ever to be retired league-wide by a major North American sports league, the other being Jackie Robinson's number 42, which was retired by Major League Baseball in 1997.

* Jim Goad's Redneck Manifesto ( 1997 ) explores the history of the pejorative term " White trash ", as well as details the history and class issues related to the impoverished European diaspora in North America.

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels, coming together to form an epic, by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights ( 1995, published as The Golden Compass in North America ), The Subtle Knife ( 1997 ), and The Amber Spyglass ( 2000 ).

In total, North Rhine-Westphalia has 396 municipalities ( 1997 ), including the urban districts, which are municipalities by themselves. Municipalities

1997 – Quest expanded beyond North America by opening an office in the United Kingdom.

Ozone hole in North America during 1984 ( abnormally warm reducing ozone depletion ) and 1997 ( abnormally cold resulting in increased seasonal depletion ).

* IESNA Committee Lighting for Automatic Teller Machines, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, January 1997, ISBN 0-87995-122-2

* Kelvin Hopkins, Labour MP for Luton North since 1997