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.

TaikOz, a taiko performance group has been performing in Australia since 1997.

Bowie performing in Finland in 1997

In addition to performing for the Pope, the singer participated in a live broadcast on British television for Christmas Eve in 1997, before she flew home to County Donegal to join her family at midnight Mass.

Perhaps even more radical was Ong Keng Sen's 1997 adaptation of King Lear, which featured six actors each performing in a separate Asian acting tradition and in their own separate languages.

Elliott Smith performing live in New York City, 1997.

In the summer of 1997, Martin embarked on a tour of Spain, performing 45 shows in 36 cities.

On June 23, 1997, Hearns appeared on a WWE telecast, performing in a storyline making use of kayfabe, where he was taunted and challenged by professional wrestler Bret " Hitman " Hart.

In 1997, Marvin Isley contracted diabetes and was later told by doctors to stop performing, bringing the group back to a duo.

Hester later became involved in a new band called Largest Living Things ( 1997 – 2000 ), with Kevin Garant on guitar and Barry Stockley on bass, performing with members of rock groups Crowded House, Split Enz, Midnight Oil, and others.

In 1997, he performed with Céline Dion at the 69th Academy Awards performing the song I Finally Found Someone.

In 1997, Real McCoy returned with a new single and album called " One More Time ", this time with Mason and Cork actually performing on the record.

The contestants appear firstly as themselves, talking briefly to the host about their lives and giving clues as to who they are going to be performing as, finishing with the now famous catchphrase ' Tonight name I'm going to be ...' The contestants then disappear through the equally famous doors, and reappear as the famous singer they are going to impersonate ( The word ' singer ' could be used loosely as in 1997 Julian Clary who is not known for his vocal skills was impersonated on the show by Steve Edward ).

A routine with all required elements was automatically given a base SV ( 9. 4 in 1996 ; 9. 0 in 1997 ; 8. 8 in 2001 ); it was up to the gymnast to increase the SV to 10. 0 by performing difficult skills and combinations.

Having started a career in music before music was even recorded electrically, Carter remained a masterful musician, arranger and composer until he retired from performing in 1997.

In 1997, Proby toured with The Who in the United States and in Europe, performing as ' The Godfather ' in the road production of Quadrophenia.

In 1997, while performing at the Croatian festival Zadarfest, she met Milana Vlaović.

* ( 1997 ) The band guest-performed on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer's second season premiere in the fictional club " The Bronze ", performing " Spoon " and " Sugar Water ", the latter being played during the infamous scene in which Buffy Summers teases Xander Harris with her dance.

She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier, Cracker and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes.

Their eponymous first record, released in 1997, was completely made of live recordings from shows played in their first year of performing, featuring the lineup of Stephen Krieger on drum machine, Rachael Finn on amplified cello, Paul Feuer on didjeridoo, and R. Luke DuBois on a Buchla analog synthesizer.

Black and white amateur home movie footage of the band performing live at Eric's still exists-excerpts of the band performing both " Big In Japan " and " Cindy And The Barbi Dolls " were used in the BBC Television's Rock Family Trees: The New Merseybeat, originally transmitted in August 1995 and repeated in 1997.

Following the success of " Inquilaab ", in 1997 Junoon went on their first full-scale tour of the United States, performing from Birmingham, Alabama, to Los Angeles where they appeared at the House of Blues and at the New York's Roosevelt Hotel, which was reviewed in the international edition of Newsweek Magazine.

Junoon performing live at the Channel V | Channel V Music Awards in 1998. During the tour to India in 1997, Junoon saw crowds of as many as of 50, 000 fans at different venues.

On 9 January 1997, the day after Bowie turned 50, Bowie held a 50th birthday concert for himself, performing tracks off his Earthling album as well as a selection of songs from his back catalogue.

In June 1997 they performed at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York City and a live version of " Blues X Man " was released on the accompanying triple CD album ( which also featured Russell Simins performing with Cibo Matto ).