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.

Hill accepted a position as a visiting scholar at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at University of California, Berkeley in January 1997, but soon joined the faculty of Brandeis University — first at the Women's Studies Program, later moving to the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

President Bill Clinton ( center ), first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton ( right ) and their daughter Chelsea Clinton ( left ) wave to watchers at a parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1997.

In the January 1997 State of the Union address, Clinton proposed a new initiative to provide coverage to up to five million children.

The notorious Rusty n Edie's BBS, in Boardman, Ohio, was raided by the FBI in January 1993 for software piracy, and later sued by Playboy for copyright infringement in November 1997.

In January 1997, the United Kingdom television station Channel 4 carried a news report that suggested that members of the Royal Anglian Regiment had also opened fire on the protesters and could have been responsible for three of the fourteen deaths.

Déby ’ s MPS party won 63 of 125 seats in the January 1997 legislative elections.

In January, 1997, however, the Bangui Agreements were signed and the French EFAO troop was replaced by the 1, 350 soldiers of the Mission interafricaine de surveillance des Accords de Bangui ( MISAB ).

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.

* Coldcut & DJ Food Fight ( January 1997 )

Tombaugh died on January 17, 1997 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, at the age of 90.

: New Zealand dollars ( NZ $) per US $ 1-1. 4203 ( 2005 ), 1. 9451 ( January 2000 ), 1. 8886 ( 1999 ), 1. 8632 ( 1998 ), 1. 5083 ( 1997 ), 1. 4543 ( 1996 ), 1. 5235 ( 1995 )

Discover Nikkei, January 10, 1997.

Dean ( August 16, 1926 – February 24, 1997 ) and Florine " Kay " Plato ( December 27, 1938 – January 2, 1988 ) adopted the child in June 1965 and raised her in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County.

Commissioner. com launched on January 1, 1997 and first offered a fantasy baseball commissioner service that changed the nature of fantasy sports with real-time stats, league message boards, daily updated box scores and other features — all for $ 300 per league.

RotoNews. com also launched in January 1997 and published its first player note on February 16, 1997.

Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique francs ( CFPF ) per US $ 1 – 95. 89 ( 2005 ), 96. 04 ( 2004 ), 105. 66 ( 2003 ), 126. 71 ( 2002 ), 133. 26 ( 2001 ), 117. 67 ( January 2000 ), 111. 93 ( 1999 ), 107. 25 ( 1998 ), 106. 11 ( 1997 ), 93. 00 ( 1996 ), 90. 75 ( 1995 ); note-linked at the exact official rate of 0. 055 French francs to one Pacifique franc.

France provided additional financial support in January 1997 after Gabon had met IMF targets for mid-1996.

Communauté financière africaine francs ( CFAF ) per US $ 1 – 507. 71 ( 2010 ), 472. 19 ( 2009 ), 447. 81 ( 2008 ), 481. 83 ( 2007 ), 522. 89 ( 2006 ), 647. 25 ( January 2000 ), 615. 70 ( 1999 ), 589. 95 ( 1998 ), 583. 67 ( 1997 ), 511. 55 ( 1996 ), 499. 15 ( 1995 )

In a letter dated 13 January 1997, the Department of State advised the other agencies of the Executive branch that it considered the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be one area for political, economic, legal and other purposes.

In other areas of the West Bank, transfer of powers took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement.

euros per US $ 1 – 1, 3002 ( February 2005 ), 0. 9867 ( January 2000 ), 0. 9386 ( 1999 ); French francs ( F ) per US $ 1 – 5. 65 ( January 1999 ), 5. 8995 ( 1998 ), 5. 8367 ( 1997 ), 5. 1155 ( 1996 ), 4. 9915 ( 1995 )

In January 1997, the newborn baby whale J. J. was found helpless near the coast of Los Angeles, California, long and in weight.

Sakharov was arrested on January 22, 1980, following his public protests against the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and was sent to internal exile in the city of Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, a city that was off-limits to foreigners.

A protester holding an Egyptian flag during the protests that started on 25 January 2011

Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik was sworn in as Prime Minister on January 29, 2011, in response to the 2011 Egyptian revolution ; he was succeeded on 5 March by Essam Sharaf, in response to continued protests.

Anti-Aristide protests in January 2004 led to violent clashes in Port-au-Prince, causing several deaths.

Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik was sworn in as President of the Maldives on 7 February 2012, in connection to the resignation of President Nasheed amidst weeks of protests and demonstrations led by local police dissidents who opposed Nasheed ’ s 16 January order for the military to arrest Abdulla Mohamed, the Chief Justice of the Criminal Court.

Peaceful student protests in January 1991 were brutally suppressed, with mass arrests and torture of leaders and participants.

In January 2012, Romania started the first large national protests since ' 89, motivated by the global economical crisis of that time and as an answer to the crisis situations and unrest in Europe of 2000s.

** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".

* January 13 36 people are executed and 200 arrested in anti-Nazi protests in Sofia.

* January 18 – In Nairobi, Kenya, more than 100, 000 attend protests demanding an end to one-party rule by the Kenya African National Union.

* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to pay its reparation payments.

On 14 January, the 2011 Jordanian protests began in Jordan's capital Amman, and at Ma ' an, Al Karak, Salt and Irbid, and other cities.

In January 2009 protests which then turned violent were organized and spearheaded by Andry Rajoelina, the mayor of the capital city of Antananarivo and a prominent opponent of President Ravalomanana.

In January 1900, with a majority of conservatives in the Imperial Court, the Empress Dowager changed her long policy of suppressing Boxers, and issued edicts in their defense, causing protests from foreign powers.

In January 1987, after two weeks of student protests demanding greater Western-style freedoms, a clique of Party elders and senior military officials forced Hu to resign on the grounds that he had been too lenient with student protesters and for moving too quickly towards free market-style economics.

Reliant on Buddhist support, Khánh did little to try to contain the protests, and then decided to have the armed forces take over the government, and he removed Hương on 27 January.

A member of the Internet group Anonymous ( group ) | Anonymous which has held protests in many countries against the CoS every month since January, 2008.

On 22 January 2009, student demonstrators occupied part of the Clarendon Building for seven hours, following similar protests at other UK universities.

From October 1985 to January 1986, the protests spread to six other cities, including Cap Haïtien.

On 28 January Provost Say obtained a recommendation for Twitty's election from the King, but it was withdrawn on 13 February, following the Vice-Chancellor's refusal to swear Twitty into the University and the Bishop's protests at Court.

" Once the protests died down, Kishi went to Washington, and in January 1960 returned to Japan with a new and unpopular Treaty of Mutual Cooperation.

Demonstrations are repeatedly held in Davos ( see Anti-WEF protests in Switzerland, January 2003 ) to protest against the meeting of " fat cats in the snow ", as rock singer Bono tongue-in-cheek termed it.

When Senate leadership announced it was indefinitely postponing the bill following " massive protests " in January 2012, Wyden called it a " grassroots victory for the history books.

In July 2010, it was reported that another son, Yasser Kamel then aged 20, was sentenced to twelve months in youth detention after pleading guilty to one count of violent disorder at anti-Israel protests in January 2009.

He, along with other figures in the leading FSN, was allegedly responsible for calling the Jiu Valley miners to Bucharest on 28 January and June 14, 1990 to end the protests of the citizens gathered in University Square, Bucharest, protests aimed against the ex-communist leaders of Romania.