This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

Medical Hypotheses, 1997 ; 49: 303 – 306.

* 1912 – Frank Dilio, Canadian hockey administrator ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – Frank Robert Miller, Canadian airman and politician ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.

* 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player ( d. 1997 )

* 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer ( d. 1997 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

* 1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Norman Carr, British conservationist ( b. 1912 )

* 1997 – Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria ; a total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.

* 1935 – Georgy Shonin, Soviet astronaut ( d. 1997 )

* 1997 – Pietro Rizzuto, Canadian politician ( b. 1934 )

* 1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( d. 1997 )

* 1930 – Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter ( d. 1997 )

* 1912 – Catherine Scorsese, Italian-American actress ( d. 1997 )

* 1915 – Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright ( d. 1997 )

In 1997, a team of researchers led by John Gustafson from Ames Laboratory ( located on the Iowa State campus ) finished building a working replica of the Atanasoff – Berry Computer at a cost of $ 350, 000.

* Alley, Henry, " The Quest for Anonymity: The Novels of George Eliot ", University of Delaware Press, 1997.

In 1997 ICI acquired National Starch & Chemical, Quest, Unichema, and Crosfield, the specialty chemicals businesses of Unilever for $ 8bn.

* The Quest for a Unified Theory of Information, World Futures, Volumes " 49 ( 3-4 )" & " 50 ( 1-4 )" 1997, Special Issue

* Quest for Glory Collection Series ( 1997 ), a re-release of Anthology with a Dragon Fire demo and sample soundtrack.

Several team members, including Yasumi Matsuno, Hiroshi Minagawa and Akihiko Yoshida, left Quest in 1997 to join Square, where they worked on several titles for the Sony PlayStation, including Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story.

* Space Quest Collection Series ( 1997 ) – All six games, plus a preview of episode VII.

Notable story arcs of this time are " The X-Tinction Agenda " in 1990, " The Muir Island Saga " in 1991, " X-Cutioner's Song " in 1992, " Fatal Attractions " in 1993, " Phalanx Covenant " in 1994, " Legion Quest "/" Age of Apocalypse " in 1995, " Onslaught " in 1996, and " Operation: Zero Tolerance " in 1997.

* The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest ( 1996 – 1997, Cartoon Network / TBS / TNT )

The second re-release collection was released in 1997 as " Police Quest Collection Series ".

In 1985 Covey established Stephen R. Covey and Associates which in 1987 became The " Covey Leadership Center " which, in 1997, merged with Franklin Quest to form FranklinCovey, a global professional-services firm and specialty-retailer selling both training and productivity-tools to individuals and to organizations.

In 1997 Unilever sold the speciality chemicals businesses National Starch & Chemical, Quest, Unichema and Crosfield to ICI for US $ 8 billion.

The building was then taken over by Laser Quest, who used it until it was demolished in 1997.

* Manfred B. Steger, Quest for Evolutionary Socialism: Eduard Bernstein and Social Democracy, Cambridge University Press, 1997, hardcover, 287 pages, ISBN 0-521-58200-8

The criterion of " historical plausibility " was introduced in 1997, after the start of the third Quest in 1988.

* Louthan, Howard, The Quest for Compromise: Peacemakers in Counter-Reformation Vienna, 1997, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-58082-X

His 16, 000-word essay, " Marooned in the Cold War: America, the Alliance and the Quest for a Vanished World ," which appeared in World Policy Journal ( Fall 1997 ) provoked a prolonged exchange of letters and responses from Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott, Congressman Lee H. Hamilton, and Ambassador George F. Kennan.

* Chex Quest 2 ( 1997 )

* 1997 buys its biggest-ever acquisition from Unilever four businesses: National Starch, Quest, Unichema, and Crosfield

* Sonic Quest: The Death Egg Saga Miniseries # 1-3 ( Published monthly from December 1996 to February 1997, reprinted February 2007 )

With the first six-issue story arc concluded, in August 1997 Caliber began publishing ( under its own label after dissolving the Tapestry imprint ) the second six-issue installment of the series, Pakkins ' Land: Quest For Kings, which continued the overall story.

In November 1997, with Issue # 3, Pakkins ' Land: Quest For Kings began a bi-monthly publishing schedule.

Neidpath has been used as a location for many films and television series, including Merlin: The Quest Begins starring Jason Connery and directed by David Winning, which was filmed in September and October 1997.

* Fortune Quest L ( 1997 ), baby ( ep 24 )

After her collegiate playing days, Johnson played for the Columbus Quest with whom she won the 1997 and 1998 American Basketball League championships.