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.

* AIX 4. 3, October 31, 1997

In October 1995 and 1997, the Paris Opera staged by Graham Vick, under the baton of Jeffrey Tate starring Marie McLaughlin as Jenny, Felicity Palmer ( 1995 ) and Kathryn Harries ( 1997 ) as Begbick, Kim Begley ( 1995 ) and Peter Straka ( 1997 ) as Jimmy.

Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin holding a joint press conference at the White House, October 29, 1997

* Vincent Rijmen, " Cryptanalysis and design of iterated block ciphers ", doctoral dissertation, October 1997.

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

Because the government refused to consider opposition demands for an independent election commission, the three major opposition parties boycotted the October 1997 presidential election, which Biya easily won.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

Article 2 Item 4 of Law Number 26, October 15, 1997, of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia grants " al dialetto sassarese e a quello gallurese " equal legal status with the other languages on Sardinia.

It was planned by Wiz and released by Bandai on June 26, 1997 Digimon: The Movie, released in the U. S. and Canada territory by Fox Kids through 20th Century Fox on October 6, 2000, consists of the union of the first three Japanese movies.

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.

On October 16, 1997, Engdahl became a member of the Swedish Academy, elected to seat number 17 vacated by the death of Johannes Edfelt ; on June 1, 1999, he succeeded Sture Allén as the Academy's permanent secretary, i. e. its executive member and spokesperson.

In October 1997, Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) reached agreement on an economic reform program aimed at macroeconomic stabilization and elimination of some of the country's most damaging economic policies, such as the National Car Program and the clove monopoly, both involving family members of President Soeharto.

In October 1997, she tied for second in a double round-robin tournament of four grand masters in the VAM International Tournament in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands.

In one incident filmed near the Farallon Islands in October 1997, a female killed a long great white shark, apparently after swimming with it upside-down in her mouth and inducing tonic immobility in it.

The LTTE has been accused of hijacking several vessels and ships in waters outside Sri Lanka, including Ocean Trader ( in October 1994 ), Irish Mona ( in August 1995 ), Princess Wave ( in August 1996 ), Athena ( in May 1997 ), Misen ( in July 1997 ), Morong Bong ( in July 1997 ), MV Cordiality ( in September 1997 ), Princess Kash ( in August 1998 ), Newko ( in July 1999 ), Uhana ( in June 2000 ), Fuyuan Ya 225 ( Chinese trawler, in March 2003 ), MV Farah III ( in December 2006 ) and City of Liverpool ( in January 2007 ).

W. W. Norton & Company ; 1st edition ( October 1997 ).

The Xian Y7-100C ( a copy of the AN-24 transport ) was delivered from October 1997, which crashed in May 1998.

Twenty-one of the MiG-29s were sold to the United States in October 1997 to prevent their sale on the world market, and for research purposes.

After three years of consolidating his power, Kim Jong-il became Chairman of the NDC on October 8, 1997, a position described by the NDC as the nation's " highest administrative authority ," and thus North Korea's de facto head of state.

* October 14 – October 16 – The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.

On October 14, 1987, an 18-month-old toddler named Jessica McClure fell down a well in Midland, Texas.

In the summer of 1881 the Midland Railway Company moved its locomotive works from Kentish Town to the new “ Brent Sidings ”, and in October of the same year it was announced that new accommodation for its workers would be built, later the Cricklewood Railway Cottages.

To cover for a shortage of High Speed Trains Midland Mainline hired two Fragonset Class 47s to top and tail a HSBC Rail Mark 2 set on a morning service from Nottingham to St Pancras and evening return to Sheffield from February until October 2002.

The East Lincolnshire line opened from Louth to Boston on 1 October 1848, and on the 17 October, the loop line opened between Werrington Junction and Lincoln, with GNR trains using the Midland line from Werrington Junction to Peterborough.

On 30 June 1847, the GNR obtained running powers over the LYR from Askern to Wakefield via Knottingley, and also from Knottingley to Methley on the Midland, and on 16 October the Midland agreed to allow the GNR to run from Methley to Leeds.

Floods forced the complete closure of the Spalding to Bourn line from 9 October 1880 until 1 February 1881, this was a Midland & Eastern line worked by the GNR, and the GNR found themselves paying the lease on a line they could derive no revenue from ; And worst of all, Sutton Bridge Docks opened on 14 May 1881, into which the GNR had invested £ 55, 000, but within a few days the docks began to subside due to being built on unstable ground.

New platforms for the Midland Metro are due to be built as part of its City Centre Extension to New Street Station, part-funding for which was confirmed in the October 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review.

In October 2010 East Midland Trains initiated £ 10 million worth of improvements to its stations.

Jessica McClure Morales ( born March 26, 1986 ) became famous at the age of 18 months after falling into a well in the backyard of 3309 Tanner Dr. Midland, Texas, on October 14, 1987.

The Midland loop was due to close between Ashchurch and Redditch in June 1963, but poor condition of the track brought about withdrawal of all trains between Evesham and Redditch in October 1962, being replaced by a bus service for the final eight months.

* October 1-Derby Airways changes its name to British Midland Airways

Sir Henry Fowler, KBE ( 29 July 1870 – 16 October 1938 ) was a Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

In 1923 on the Grouping, he was appointed deputy CME of the newly formed London, Midland and Scottish Railway ( LMS ), under George Hughes and became CME in October 1925.

George Hughes ( 9 October 1865 — 27 October 1945 ) was a locomotive engineer, and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

The Midland Great Western Railway line to Mullingar from Dublin opened in stages from 1846 to 1848, arriving in Mullingar on 2 October 1848.

The first was the Midland Railway ( later part of the LMS ) line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop, closed to passengers on 12 October 1964 though partly retained as a freight route serving collieries at Hucknall, Linby and Annesley.

In 1963, Bishop joined the ground handling operation of Manchester-based Mercury Airlines, a schedule and charter airline, which was taken over by British Midland Airways ( later re-branded as BMI ) in October 1964.

During 1870, a branch was constructed to Kentish Town and the line reopened as part of the Midland Railway in October, initially running between Moorgate and Crouch Hill via Kentish Town.

* October 1, 1935: Mainline railway is extended from Hakone-Yumoto to Odawara.

Furry's Blues / Brownsville / I'm Black / A Chicken Ain't Nothin ' But A Bird / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / Amos Burke / Mighty Time / Jesus On The Mainline / Mary Louise / Yes, I Do Understand / Opening / Living In The Country / Joa-Bim / Dixie / Heavy Makes You Happy / Iuka / Furry's Rap / Asphalt Outlaw Hero / Olena / My Father's House / Going Down ( recorded live at Long Beach Civic Auditorium, Long Beach, CA, October 15, 1971 & at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA October 17, 1971 ; personnel: Don Nix: vcl / gtr, Wayne Perkins: gtr, Tippy Armstrong: gtr, Clayton Ivey: pno, Ken Woodley: org, Bob Wray: bs, Tarp Tarrant / Fred Prouty: dms + The Mt.