* 20 June 1997: Tony Blair appointed Peter Mandelson to the role of Minister for the Millennium after his announcement that the beleaguered £ 580 million dome would go ahead

Following an announcement on December 20, 1996, on February 4, 1997, Apple Computer acquired NeXT for $ 429 million, and used the OPENSTEP for Mach operating system as the basis for OS X.

In 1997, following British Airways ' announcement that it was to remove the Union Flag from its tailfins in favour of world images, Virgin introduced a Union Flag design on the winglets of its aircraft and changed the red dress on the Scarlet Lady on the nose of aircraft to the union flag with the tag line " Britain's Flag Carrier ".

Sassou Nguesso also made an important announcement at his inauguration, saying that he would set in motion an amnesty bill to pardon Pascal Lissouba, who had gone into exile after his 1997 ouster and was convicted of crimes in absentia.

Following an announcement on December 20, 1996, on February 4, 1997, Apple Computer acquired NeXT for $ 427 million, and used OPENSTEP as the basis for OS X. Traces of the NeXT software heritage can still be seen in OS X.

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.

A joint press release in December 1997, followed by an announcement at an ARB meeting in early 1998 by SGI, announced that work on OpenGL ++ had been abandoned and SGI had partnered with Microsoft to produce a new system code-named " Fahrenheit ".

The announcement of the joint venture occurred just days before the August 1997 Macworld Expo in Boston.

Despite the announcement that Enix's long-time competitor Square Co., Ltd. would develop exclusively for Sony PlayStation, Enix announced in January 1997 that it would release games for both Nintendo and Sony consoles.

Northern Michigan University, returning to the WCHA after leaving in 1997, was the first to make the announcement on July 20, followed by Alaska – Fairbanks, Ferris State and Lake Superior State on August 26 and Bowling Green on October 4.

At this point, David Sainsbury, who had wanted to step down at the end of 1997, made a surprise announcement of his retirement as Chairman to pursue his long-held ambition to have a career in politics, after " 32 enjoyable and fulfilling years " working for Sainsbury's.

By the time of Chris Smith's announcement, the museum had already received outline planning permission ( in October 1997 ), with full approval in April 1999.

James Ellis died on 25 November 1997, a month before the public announcement was made.

Luna Sea made an announcement during the concert that the band would have a temporary year break in 1997 for each member to pursue solo careers.

Five months, after the initial announcement of ARC's re-branding, MTV Australia was officially re-launched on Optus Television on 20 March 1997.

Immediately following the announcement, sales of the console and software substantially tapered off in the second half of 1997, while many planned games were canceled, causing the console's life expectancy to shorten substantially.

In the Jiu Valley government ’ s announcement in 1997 of the closures of the Dâlja and Barbateni mines and the generally deteriorating conditions of the miners sparked riots and then led to a general strike.

Following the establishment of diplomatic relations in July 1995, the arrival of Ambassador Douglas " Pete " Peterson in May 1997, the announcement of the Jackson-Vanik Waiver on March 11, 1998, and steady progress in the negotiation of the Vietnam-United States Trade Agreement, the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam was registered with the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee on September 19, 1998, and the Hanoi Chapter was registered with the Hanoi People's Committee in March 2001.

This announcement was made via the speedway's website, Pepsi has been the official soft drink sponsor of the speedway since 1997, before Auto Club Speedway became part of International Speedway Corporation, owner of several circuits on the NASCAR schedule.

A 1997 announcement by the government included plans to reduce Ontario's five-year high school program with a four-year program.

In 1997, Sarah Huttinger, an obituary and wedding announcement writer for The New York Times, travels to Pasadena for her sister Annie's wedding accompanied by her fiancé Jeff Daly.

In early 1997, Amnesty held a comedy gala at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.

* Amnesty International Asia Award, for Newsnight features on Vietnam and Indonesia ( 1997 and 1998 )

At the village of Bentalha ( Arabic: بن طلحة ), about 15 km south of Algiers, on the night of September 22-23, 1997, more than 200 villagers ( according to Amnesty International ) were killed by armed guerrillas.

In 1997, Amnesty International appealed to the Israeli government to release Klingberg on medical grounds.

* Medical Letter Writing Action dated June 6, 1997, by Amnesty International ( urging Israel for him to be transferred to a less stressful environment or else released )

Torture is widely practiced worldwide: Amnesty International received reports of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in more than 150 countries during the four-year period from 1997 to 2000.

A review by Amnesty International, which did not use the United Nations Convention Against Torture as its definition of torture, of its case files found " reports of torture or ill-treatment by state officials in more than 150 countries from 1997 to 2000 ".

The Values of Science ( The 1997 Oxford Amnesty Lectures )’’, 58-79.

He served as State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( 1990 – 1997 ) and was Chair of Amnesty International Norway.

The criticism of abuses by the People's Republic of China earned Feign prizes from Amnesty International in 1996 and 1997.

In the past, this has contributed to a sense of immunity on the part of members of the ruling party, and to a public perception of rampant corruption among leading politicians – in 1997, Pakistan received the second-worst score in the world on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

* Wednesday 5 March 1997: Stormont Talks adjourned until 3 June, to allow the parties to contest the forthcoming general election.

In 1997, a Defense Department document leaked to The New York Times showed that the Pentagon had not been forthcoming with information previously requested by U. S. Senator Rod Grams.

When The Allman Brothers Band were not forthcoming with any new material, Haynes and Woody left to concentrate full-time on Gov't Mule in 1997.

In 1997 bass player Salv joined Carter USM as a full-time member, but in 2004 the trio reformed, recording a number of tracks for a forthcoming EP and playing several gigs around the UK.

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.

In 1997, FAO launched TeleFood, a campaign of concerts, sporting events and other activities to harness the power of media, celebrities and concerned citizens to help fight hunger.

* 1997 – The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

The 1997 – 98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season ( including a 3 – 2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.

With pressure from a number of campaign groups organised through the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a global movement to prohibit their use led to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.

The campaign and its leader, Jody Williams, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its efforts.

Following two decades of elected politics, Wirth was national Co-chair of the Clinton-Gore campaign, and served in the U. S. Department of State as the first Undersecretary for Global Affairs from 1993 to 1997.

This campaign involved the targeting of police officers, and continued until the final ceasefire in 1997, as the peace process gained momentum.

1997 led the way for an all-new Grand Prix, which debuted with the Wide Track chassis making a return spearheaded by the " Wider is Better " advertising campaign.

In 2008 she became the public face of a campaign to provide all Gurkha veterans who served in the British Army before 1997 the right to settle in Britain.

In 1997, the Lord Chief Justice, Sir Robert Carswell, wrote " I have little doubt myself that this is all part of an ongoing politically-based campaign to have the office of Queen's Counsel replaced by a rank entitled Senior Counsel, or something to that effect ".

Between 1997 and 1999, the company spun off several well-loved but poorly selling campaign settings ( including Planescape, Dark Sun and Spelljammer ) to fan groups, focusing business primarily on the more profitable Greyhawk and Forgotten Realms lines.

In 1991, after a trip to the Killing Fields of Cambodia, VVAF co-founded and coordinated the global campaign to ban landmines, called Campaign for A Landmine Free World, which was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to persuade countries to sign a treaty eradicating the use of antipersonnel landmines.

This was a humorous reference to Martin Bell, who wore just such a suit throughout the 1997 general election campaign.

Started in 1997, AIKD is a national, annual letter-writing campaign in which adults write letters of love and support to the children in their lives.

On July 1, 1997, he began a controversial " spray paint shame campaign ” in an effort to stop drug use.

In 1997, a successful advertising campaign was launched using a fictional musical group called the Spicy Crispy Girls ( a take off of the Spice Girls, a British pop music girl group-at the time one of the most popular groups in the world ), in comedic national television commercials.

He had previously campaigned for city council in the 1997 municipal election as an extension of his anti-megacity campaign, and also advocated property tax reforms.

This success was credited variously to a unique marketing campaign, the early Internet leak of the album, and anticipation after the band's 1997 album, OK Computer.

The broadcast of the video on Britain's Channel 4 Television in March 1997 triggered the formation of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty ( SHAC ), an international leaderless resistance campaign to close HLS, which has been criticized for its sometimes violent tactics.

On 21 May 2009, and following a lengthy campaign by Gurkha veterans, the British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that all Gurkha veterans who had served four years or more in the British Army before 1997 would be allowed to settle in Britain.

He was Labour's election campaign director for the 1997 general election, which Labour won by a landslide.

It was also during this time in the lead-up to the millennium that Newfoundland undertook an aggressive tourism marketing campaign which focused on important anniversaries such as the 500th year since John Cabot's voyage of discovery ( 1997 ), as well as the 1000th year since Vikings, such as Leif Ericson, made landfall on the province's shores ( 2000 ).

Violent incidents at the Haçienda led to a campaign against it by Greater Manchester Police, and contributed to its closure in 1997.