ARIN opened its doors for business on December 22, 1997 after incorporating on April 18, 1997.

The U. S. Peace Corps returned to Botswana in August 2002 with a focus on HIV / AIDS-related programs after concluding 30 years of more broadly targeted assistance in 1997.

The Lions did not return to South Africa until 1997, after the Apartheid era.

However, after a 14-year stretch of consecutive losing seasons, the Orioles posted a winning record in 2012 and qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1997.

At a Braveheart Convention in 1997, held in Stirling the day after the Scottish Devolution vote and attended by 200 delegates from around the world, Braveheart author Randall Wallace, Seoras Wallace of the Wallace Clan, Scottish historian David Ross and Bláithín FitzGerald from Ireland gave lectures on various aspects of the film.

In 1997, Systems & Control students at Bodmin College constructed Roadblock, a robot which entered and won the first series of Robot Wars and was succeeded by " The Beast of Bodmin " ( presumably named after the phantom cat purported to roam Bodmin Moor ).

Many of the Yakoma soldiers who left the country after the mutinies in 1996 – 1997 have now returned and must also be reintegrated into the army.

The sector has had the second largest ( after energy ) investment in infrastructure ( 54 percent ) since 1997.

The Toronto Star adopted this new spelling policy in September 1997 after that publication's ombudsman discounted the issue earlier in 1997.

After the Panthers ' success in 1996, Capers led the Panthers through two disappointing seasons: a 7 – 9 season in 1997, and a 4 – 12 season in 1998 which resulted in Capers being fired after four seasons with the team.

In 1997 and after, the two teams competed annually in the regular-season Battle of Ohio / Buckeye Series.

In 1997 and 1998, protesters were arrested after effigies were burned.

The Rockies were broken up after the 1997 season when an aging Galarraga signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent.

Two English translations of the Various History, by Fleming ( 1576 ) and Stanley ( 1665 ) made Aelian's miscellany available to English readers, but after 1665 no English translation appeared, until three English translations appeared almost simultaneously: James G. DeVoto, Claudius Aelianus: Ποιϰίλης Ἱοτορίας (" Varia Historia ") Chicago, 1995 ; Diane Ostrom Johnson, An English Translation of Claudius Aelianus ' " Varia Historia ", 1997 ; and N. G. Wilson, Aelian: Historical Miscellany in the Loeb Classical Library.

The latter was intended to be fairly short-lived, but Mobutu's power plays dragged it in length, to ultimately 1997, when the forces-led by Laurent Kabila eventually toppled the regime, after a 9-month-long successful military campaign.

Aptidon resigned as president 1999, at the age of 83, after being elected to a fifth term in 1997.

Engelbart has four children, Gerda, Diana, Christina and Norman with his first wife Ballard, who died in 1997 after 47 years of marriage.

However, in 1997 they resolved the dispute and adopted the current name, dubnium ( Db ), after the Russian town of Dubna, the location of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research.

Byers had his teeth removed in 1997 — after the first trial.

The First and Second Rounds were also previously split into Northern and Southern sections, but this practice was ended after the 1997 – 98 competition.

On February 29, the Marlins were recognized on Sports Illustrated's magazine for the 5th time ( 11 / 3 / 1997, Edgar Renteria who had a walk-off hit in Game 7 of the World Series ; 5 / 25 / 1998, Mike Piazza after his trade from the Dodgers ; 11 / 3 / 2003 ; Josh Beckett, after winning World Series MVP and 3 / 12 / 07 Dontrelle Willis, chronicling global warming with Willis in a flooded Sun Life Stadium.

In late July 1997, the city experienced a flash flood after and during a 31-hour period when of rain fell.

In New York, the New Normannii Reik of Theodish Belief was founded in 1997 and is led by Dan Halloran, but in 2009 many members split off and formed the Arfstoll Church of Theodish Belief, White Marsh Theod, and Álfröðull þjóð.

From 1995 to 1997 they played all their games there, from 1998 to 2000 they split their home matches between Murrayfield and Glasgow's Hampden Park, then moved to Glasgow full-time, with one final Murrayfield appearance in 2002.

Harold Fleming and Lionel Bender, who are sympathetic to Greenberg's classification, acknowledge that at least some of his macrofamilies ( particularly Nilo-Saharan and Khoisan ) are not fully accepted by the linguistic community and may need to be split up ( Campbell 1997 ).

In 1997, tension within the BCP leadership caused a split in which Dr. Mokhehle abandoned the BCP and established the Lesotho Congress for Democracy ( LCD ) followed by two-thirds of the parliament.

The governing coalition split in 1997, with the MMM going back to the Opposition and Navin Ramgoolam staying on as Prime Minister.

In 1997, Amstrad PLC was wound up, its shares being split into Viglen and Betacom instead.

On 1 July 1997, in preparation for privatisation of the Public Transport Corporation, Melbourne's tram network was split into two businesses — Met Tram 1 ( later renamed Swanston Trams ) and Met Tram 2 ( later renamed Yarra Trams ).

The Marxist-Leninist Party of the Philippines ( MLPP ), formed by former Central Luzon Regional Committee members of the CPP after the split in 1997 maintained much of the Maoist orientation from the CPP most especially on the concept of People's War.

It followed a rather different timescale than the US examples mentioned above, as it was founded in 1964 and ceased to be a conglomerate when it split itself into four separate listed companies between 1995 and 1997.

This changed in 1997 when the city of Chongqing as well as the surrounding counties of Fuling and Wanxian were split off into the new Chongqing Municipality.

In 1997 when Sichuan split, the sum of the two parts was recorded to be 114, 720, 000 people.

When the network split in 1997, a new logo was launched, with a 1930s Mickey Mouse inside a Mickey Mouse-shaped TV.

( 1997 ) split the families into three suborders.

It used to be in Area code 908, until January 1, 1997 when 908 was split forming Area code 732.

In 1997, area code 216 was further split as the need for additional phone numbers grew.

* " Paranoid " ( split with " Free Satpal Ram " by Asian Dub Foundation ) ( Damaged Goods 1997 )

In 1997 the Academy Award for Best Original Score was split up into two categories: Dramatic and Musical or Comedy.

The set also includes the 1977 featurette, various trailers, and the 1997 " Making Of " documentary – though this is now split over three discs rather than as a single feature as with the 2001 DVD release.

During this time, Mammoth and Atlantic split, forcing Seven Mary Three to sign with Atlantic Records, releasing RockCrown in 1997.

Sweeney split catching duties with Mike Macfarlane in 1997.

By the time the compilation was released in 1997, the Britpop movement was noticeably waning in popularity, and the band had decided to split with long-time producer Ed Buller before commencing work on their follow-up to Coming Up.

However, after another year of rigorous touring, the " Guided by Verde " lineup split in late 1997 following Pollard's announcement in an interview that he intended to work with other musicians on the next Guided by Voices project.

In boundary changes enacted for the 1997 General Election Lamont's constituency of Kingston upon Thames was split up.

* Released split single of the Rolling Stones song " Before They Make Me Run " with the Supersuckers ( 1997 ).