Electronic Arts ( EA ) completed its acquisition of Maxis on July 28, 1997.

In 1997, The Federal Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility and Compliance Act was proposed in the U. S. legislature to correct the shortcomings of the original section 508 ; the original Section 508 had turned out to be mostly ineffective, in part due to the lack of enforcement mechanisms.

* Strike series, video games released between 1991 1997 by Electronic Arts

* " First Electronic Art Show " by ( Niranjan Rajah & Hasnul J Saidon ) ( National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 1997 )

The game had its first major public appearance at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

It comprises the RPG / MMO Group within Electronic Arts, with Muzyka, EA Senior VP and the Group General Manager and Zeschuk EA VP and Group Creative Officer of the BioWare Group ; co-founder Doctor Yip left in early 1997 to return to medicine.

Prior to the acquisition of Sim developer Maxis by Electronic Arts in 1997, plans were originally made in 1996 to develop SimCity 3000 as a fully 3D game, in tune with the emergence ( at the time ) of 3D computer and video games.

* Cullather, Nicholas ( May 23, 1997 ); " CIA and Assassinations: The Guatemala 1954 Documents ", National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 4, National Security Archive

Perhaps owing to this lag in development, the patent was little-known until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Lamarr an award for this contribution.

Image: BBC Electronic Card. jpg | The BBC Electronic Card used briefly in 1997.

-In 1997, both Electronic Gaming Monthly and IGN video game publications named Tecmo Super Bowl as one of the top 100 video games of all time.

Solo exhibitions featuring Juan Downey ’ s work include Juan Downey: Audio-Kinetic Electronic Sculptures, The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC ; With Energy Beyond These Walls, Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY, ( 1970 ); Video Trans Americas, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, ( 1976 ); Juan Downey: Video Trans Americas, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, ( 1976 ); Video Trans Americas, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY ( 1977 ); Juan Downey: New American Filmmaker Series, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY ( 1978 ); Juan Downey, Matrix / Berkeley 16, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA ( 1978 ); Une Forêt ' Videoformes ': Retrospective Juan Downey, Festival de la Création Vidéo, Clermont-Ferrand, France ( 1993 ); Juan Downey: Instalaciones, Dibujos y Videos, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago ( 1995 ), Chile ; Juan Downey: Con energía más allá de estos muros, Institut Valencià d ' Art Modern, Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain ( 1997 – 98 ); Retrospectiva de Video Arte de Juan Downey, Museo de Arte Moderno de Chiloé, Castro, Chiloé, Chile ( 2000 ); Plateau of Humankind, Honorable Mention: “ Excellence in Art Science and Technology ,” 49th Venice Biennale Chilean Pavilion, Venice, Italy ( 2001 ); and Juan Downey: El ojo pensante, Sala de Arte Fundación Telefónica, Santiago, Chile ( 2010 ); Juan Downey: The Invisible Architect, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY ( 2011-2012 ).

His work was included in numerous group exhibitions including Involving Technical Materials and Processes, organized by Experiments in Art and Technology, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum, Brookly, NY and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY ( 1968 ); New Learning Spaces & Places, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN ( 1974 ); Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY ( 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 ); Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany, ( 1977 ); Venice Biennale, US Pavilion, Venice, Italy, ( 1980 ); Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia, ( 1982 ); II Bienal de La Habana, Havana, Cuba, ( 1986 ); The Thinking Eye, International Center for Photography, New York, NY, ( 1987 ); Passages de l ’ image, Musée national d ' Art moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, ( 1990 ); Video Art: The First 25 Years, The Museum of Modern Art, and The American Federation of Arts, New York, NY, ( 1995 ); Info Art ’ 95, Kwangu Biennial, Gwangju, Korea, ( 1995 ); Electronic Highways, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, ( 1997 ); and Rational / Irrational, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, ( 2008-2009 ).

Also in 1997, Raytheon acquired the aerospace and defense business of Hughes Aircraft Company from Hughes Electronics Corporation — a subsidiary of General Motors, which included a number of product lines previously purchased by Hughes Electronics including the former General Dynamics missile business, the defense portion of Delco Electronics ( Delco Systems Operations ), and Magnavox Electronic Systems.

A small company in Wales was already called Electronic Arts, and until 1997 Electronic Arts in the UK was known legally as EOA, a name derived from its square / circle / triangle logo.

The Welsh company ceased trading in 1997 and Electronic Arts acquired the rights to the name.

In June 1997, a working version of the game was shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

* Smith, Michael, How Communists in Britain followed the Moscow line, Electronic Telegraph, 10 October 1997.

The Electronic Industries Alliance ( EIA, until 1997 Electronic Industries Association ) was a standards and trade organization composed as an alliance of trade associations for electronics manufacturers in the United States.

* Electronic Industries Alliance ( until 1997 Electronic Industries Association ), a US trade organization

In 1997 the U. S. Supreme Court adopted the misappropriation theory of insider trading in United States v. O ' Hagan, 521 U. S. 642, 655 ( 1997 ).

In the December 1997 issue of Dragon Magazine, in an article on Garfield's trading card game patent application, it was reported that Garfield is the great-great-grandson of U. S. President James A. Garfield ( 1831 – 81 ), and that his great-uncle invented the paper clip.

After initially trading as North London Railways, in September 1997 the franchise was rebranded as Silverlink The name is taken from the first of the LNER Class A4 steam locomotives ( a member of which holds the world speed record for steam traction ) which was called Silver Link.

Braathens ASA, until 1997 Braathens South American & Far East Airtransport A / S and trading as Braathens SAFE, was a Norwegian airline which operated from 1946 until it merged with Scandinavian Airlines Norway ( SAS ) in 2004 to become SAS Braathens.

By 1997, 40 % of J. P. Morgan ’ s revenue was from trading.

On August 22, 1997, stockholders filed a class-action lawsuit in the California Superior Court in San Francisco, " accusing Macromedia and five executives — including chairman, CEO, and former president, John Colligan — of misleading stockholders on the company's product success and financial health and of engaging in insider trading during the class period of April 18, 1996 to January 9, 1997 ".

In 1997, the trading volume of its rented memberships was larger than any other clearing firm on the Chicago exchange.

On April 23, 1997, the TSX's trading floor closed, making it the second-largest stock exchange in North America to choose a floorless, electronic ( or virtual trading ) environment.

* Footage of options floor live trading filmed by a floor broker in 1997.

In 1997 the Chicago Stock Exchange began trading exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ).

The company became publicly listed on September 24, 1997, with vice-president Doug Massingill being promoted to Chief Executive Officer, at an initial price of $ 23 per share, trading on NASDAQ under the symbol JDEC.

In July 1997, when Thailand floated the baht, Indonesia's monetary authorities widened the rupiah currency trading band from 8 % to 12 %.

At the start of 1997, the KLSE Composite index was above 1, 200, the ringgit was trading above 2. 50 to the dollar, and the overnight rate was below 7 %.

* 1997: An English court issues an injunction to restrain the Buenos Aires Harrods store from trading under the Harrods name.

Originally players from the same team who share a number have the option to either keep or change numbers ( e. g. Patrick Ewing trading his familiar # 33 for # 3 because of Larry Bird wearing the same number ), but since 1997 players from the same team can keep their customary uniform numbers even if they share them.

Mark Rosewater, head designer of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game, cites " The Hero's Journey " as a major inspiration for " The Weatherlight Saga ," an epic storyarc that went from 1997 to 2001, and spanned multiple cardsets, comic books, and novels.

* 1997: Ihug begins trading in Australia.

Between 1995 and 1997, the ringgit was trading as a free float currency at around 2. 50 to the U. S. dollar, before dipping to under 3. 80 to the dollar by the end of 1997, following the year's East Asian financial crisis.

Shares in Diageo began trading on the London Stock Exchange on 17 December 1997.

* 1997 — Two Micron All Sky Survey ( 2MASS ) commences, first version of Hipparcos Catalogue published

The MX5's first generation, the NA, sold over 400, 000 units from 1989 to 1997 – with a straight-4 engine to 1993, a engine thereafter ( with a de-tuned 1. 6 as a budget option in some markets ) – recognizable by its pop-up headlights.

Approaching free agency, Martínez was traded to the Boston Red Sox in November 1997 for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas, Jr., and was soon signed to a six-year, $ 75, 000, 000 contract ( with an option for a seventh at $ 17 million ) by Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette, at the time the largest ever awarded to a pitcher.

With the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Medicare beneficiaries were given the option to receive their Medicare benefits through private health insurance plans, instead of through the original Medicare plan ( Parts A and B ).

* Toyota Celica ( option on 5th and 6th generation, 1990 – 1993 ST183 and 1994 – 1997 ST203 ) ( Dual-mode, high and low speed )

The transfer was completed on 30 June 1997 on a 50-year long-term lease, with the option for a further 49 years.

In April 1997, Adria ordered two new Bombardier CRJ200LR planes with an option for one more.

In those locales, the 3. 3 L engine was offered as the V6 option from 1997 through 2000.

It is a standard option for primary stationkeeping on the Hughes / Boeing 601HP ( first use: PAS-5, 1997 ) and the 702 ( first use: Galaxy-XI, 1999 ) geostationary satellite families.

They have the option under the Local Government ( Gaelic Names ) ( Scotland ) Act 1997 of being known ( but not re-designated ) as a " comhairle " when opting for a Gaelic name ; only Na h-Eileanan Siar has chosen this option whereas the Highland Council ( Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd ) has adopted its Gaelic form alongside its English equivalent informally.

With the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Medicare beneficiaries were given the option to receive their Medicare benefits through private health insurance plans, instead of through the Original Medicare plan ( Parts A and B ).

In 1997, Hellyer formed the Canadian Action Party ( CAP ) to provide voters with an economic nationalist option following the collapse of the National Party of Canada.

An anti-lock braking system option was added in January 1997.

Ekwall ( 1922 ) allows either form, stating " red " is less probable ; Mills ( 1991 ) and Arrowsmith ( 1997 ) only give the " reed " option.

The same agreement gave USAir an option to purchase the entire shuttle operation on or after October 10, 1996 with an exclusive right to do so until April 10, 1997.

* GARNEAU, Michèle, « Pour une esthétique du cinéma québécois », Thèse de doctorat en Littérature comparée, option théorie et épistémologie, Montréal, Université de Montréal, 1997.

In July, Button signed a two-year contract with a two-year option for British American Racing, partnering 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.

* 1997: The 4-cylinder engine was made standard in both models, with the V6 as an option.

4WD was introduced in 1997 as an option for the 1. 8, 2. 8 V6, 1. 9 TDI and 2. 5 V6 TDI engines, using a second-generation Torsen T-2 based 4WD system to minimise loss of traction.

According to Wilson and Akre, they rewrote the report over 80 times over the course of 1997, and WTVT decided to exercise " its option to terminate their employment contracts without cause ," and did not renew their contracts in 1998.

In 1997, an order was placed for three units of the Astute class, which was designed as the SSN replacement for the Swiftsure class, with an option for a further two.

A wide range of internal combustion engines were available in European markets, between 1. 6 and 2. 8 litres for petrol engines ; and a 1. 9 litre diesel engine available with Volkswagen Group's VE technology, capable of achieving a or, although Audi's 2. 8 litre V6 engine, carried over from the old 80 / 90 was the only engine option in North America until 1997.

Evans has replied at length to these charges in various forums, acknowledging that the Indonesian military ’ s behaviour had been appalling and conceding that Australia had been too optimistic about its capacity for redemption, but arguing, that de jure recognition by Australian ( and other ) governments had never denied the continuing right of the East Timorese to self-determination ; that he personally had worked hard ( as subsequently acknowledged by Jose Ramos Horta ) to achieve real autonomy for East Timor as the only realistic option before the events of 1997 ; and that independent East Timor had fully inherited the benefits of the Timor Gap Treaty.