Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

Barney died on August 12, 1997, and in his honor that night's game at Camden Yards against the Oakland Athletics was held without a public – address announcer.

Under the latest economic protocol ( signed 3 January 1997 ), Turkey has undertaken to provide loans totalling $ 250 million for the purpose of implementing projects included in the protocol related to public finance, tourism, banking, and privatization.

Since 1997 public authorities have been obliged to observe the official spelling by way of the Orthography Law.

Dolly's existence was announced to the public on 22 February 1997.

His administration substantially increased Central Bank net international reserves, reduced inflation to 12. 8 % a year, restored a better pace of economic growth ( about 5 % in 1997 ), and held down spending to achieve a 1. 1 % non-financial public sector deficit in 1997.

By the end of 1997 the consolidated public sector deficit decreased to 4. 6 % of GDP — with public sector spending falling from 62 % of GDP to below 50 %— the current account deficit was reduced to 2 % of GDP, and government debt was paid down to 94 % of annual export earnings.

By November 1997, rapid currency depreciation had seen public debt reach US $ 60 bn, imposing severe strains on the government's budget.

Karaoke direct is an Internet division established in 1997 been serving the public online since 1998.

In 1997, the acute employment problem at St Helena was brought to the attention of the British public following reports in the tabloid press of a " riot " following an article in the Financial Times describing how the Governor, David Smallman ( 1995 – 1999 ), was jostled by a small crowd who believed he and the Foreign Office had rejected plans to build an airport on the island.

Mobile communication in Slovakia became first available in the early 90's with the first NMT network operator being EuroTel Bratislava, a. s., a subsidiary of the then state owned Slovenské Telekomunikácie a. s. EuroTel introduced the first GSM service to public in 1997.

The 1997 Constitution was considered a landmark in terms of the degree of public participation involved in its drafting as well as the democratic nature of its articles.

Teletubbies first aired on 31 March 1997, was syndicated in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) public television on 6 April 1998 and aired until 19 June 2005.

The crushing defeat of the 1997 election saw the Conservative Party lose over half their seats from 1992 and saw the party re-align with public perceptions of them.

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The American performer and recording artist Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, creating the largest public mourning since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.

386BSD public releases ended in 1997 since code is now available from the many 386BSD-derived operating systems today, along with several derivatives thereof ( such as Apple's Darwin and OpenBSD ).

As director of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute from 1992 to 1997, he initiated a number of programs designed to increase awareness of mathematics among the public.

In January 1997, Queen performed " The Show Must Go On " live with Elton John and the Berjart Ballet in Paris on a night in which Freddie Mercury was remembered, and it marked the last performance and public appearance of John Deacon, who chose to retire.

Although she was quoted by a 1997 Time magazine article as saying she was germophobic, Diaz specifically denied this on the June 26, 2009, edition of Real Time with Bill Maher, saying that a small comment she made 12 years earlier regarding public bathroom doorknobs was distorted out of proportion.

" Although they were mentioned in exposé articles as early as 1997, Eastwood did not present his and Reeves ' children to the public until 2002.

In late 1997, it became a Fortune 500 company led by one of its two founding Steves, hoping that the public would " Think different " and buy more of " The computer for the rest of us .".

Only a single England victory had come in a match in which the Ashes were still at stake, namely the First Test of the 1997 series.

The 1899 act mentioned above was replaced in 1997 — until then the government had stated there were no ethnic minority groups.

The numbers on the white jerseys were black, but were changed to red in 1997.

Thus, on January 16, 1997, the Diamondbacks were officially voted into the National League while their expansion counterparts in Tampa Bay were voted into the American League.

The Council of the European Union decided against Belarus in 1997: The PCA was not concluded, nor was its trade-related part ; Belarusian membership in the Council of Europe was not supported ; bilateral relations at the ministerial level were suspended and EU technical assistance programs were frozen.

There were 4. 668 million land telephone lines in use in Belgium in 2007, a slight decrease on the 4. 769 million in use in 1997.

In terms of television, there were 25 broadcast stations in 1997, and a further 10 repeaters.

In 1997, 4. 72 million televisions were owned nationwide.

In 1997 there were major units around Brasília, four jungle brigades, and five jungle battalions extending from Amapá to Mato Grosso do Sul.

The second and third rounds were conducted in Spring 1997 under a new government.

As of 1997, there were 440, 000 radios in use and 25, 000 televisions in use.

The rainforest was also greatly destroyed from the forest fires of 1997 to 1998, which were started by the locals to clear the forests for crops and perpetuated by an exceptionally dry El Niño season during that period.

By 1996, the cemetery and marker were in poor condition, but a new granite headstone was erected in 1997.

The 1997 film Mrs. Brown was also based on events at Balmoral, although in both films substitute locations were used: Blairquhan Castle in The Queen ; and Duns Castle in Mrs Brown.

A statistical survey in 1997 found around 300, 000 speakers in Breizh izel, of which about 190, 000 were aged 60 or over.

In the 1997 competition, two new strips were added permanently, with Tim Traveller winning and Crazy for Daisy the runner-up.

These were donated by Professor Fred Wendorf of Southern Methodist University in Texas, and comprise the entire collection of artefacts and environmental remains from his excavations between 1963 and 1997.

Including these failed drug tests, 27 Chinese swimmers were caught using performance enhancing drugs from 1990 through 1997 ; more than the rest of the world combined.

The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.

HTML (< u > H </ u > yper < u > t </ u > ext < u > M </ u > arkup < u > L </ u > anguage ) has been in use since 1991, but HTML 4. 0 ( December 1997 ) was the first standardized version where international characters were given reasonably complete treatment.

Agreements also were struck with rebels from the National Front of Chad ( FNT ) and Movement for Social Justice and Democracy in October 1997.

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.