Petr Mach, an economist, a close associate of president Václav Klaus and a member of the Civic Democratic Party between 1997 and 2007, founded the Free Citizens Party in 2009.

A three-volume OVA series, Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, was produced in 1997 as a sequel to the TV series ; plot-wise, it brought the After-Colony timeline to a close.

Once Galileo < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s prime mission was concluded, an extended mission followed, starting on December 7, 1997 ; the spacecraft made a number of daring close flybys of Jupiter's moons Europa and Io.

After losing in the first round to the Vikings in 1997, the Giants needed to close out the season with four wins to finish 8 – 8 in 1998.

The tower remained until c. 1936, when it was removed to allow for excavations for the new S-Bahn line ( on 26 September 1997, a replica of the tower was erected, just for show, close to its original location by Siemens, to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary.

One old study from 1997 found that it did not matter how close you were to a power line or a sub-station, there was no increased risk of cancer or illness.

In 1997, he stopped touring to be close to his family.

In October 1997, the mayor's City Council floor leader, Patrick Huels of the 11th Ward, the Daley family's home ward, resigned in disgrace amid allegations he used his aldermanic office to benefit his private security firm, which got a loan from city contractor and close Daley friend Michael Tadin.

However, later in that year during October, the events surrounding the Asian Financial Crisis plunged the Dow into a 554 point loss to a close of 7, 161. 15 ; a retrenchment of 7. 18 % in what became known as the 1997 Mini-Crash.

After nearly six months of extreme volatility during which the Dow experienced its largest one day point loss, largest daily point gain, and largest intra-day range ( more than 1, 000 points ), the index closed at a new twelve-year low of 6, 547. 05 on March 9, 2009 ( after an intra-day low of 6, 469. 95 during the March 6 session ), its lowest close since April 1997, and had lost 20 % of its value in only six weeks.

Contacts between the men were usually carried out through a mediator Radovan " Badža " Stojičić, Serbia's police chief and Milošević's close associate, who was assassinated in April 1997.

Häkkinen came close to an elusive breakthrough victory a number of times in 1997, not least at Silverstone, A1-Ring and Nürburgring.

He lost in the 1997 UEFA Champions League Final 3 – 1 to Borussia Dortmund when he was unable to make an impression against the close marking of Paul Lambert.

In 1997, Space Moose ran for Students ' Union President and finished a close third with 1, 400 votes ( only 11 votes behind the second place candidate, Hoops Harrison ).

Plimpton continued to make appearances in featured roles in both independent films and mainstream movies from 1994 through 1997, most notably as a close friend of radical feminist Valerie Solanas in the film I Shot Andy Warhol.

Following the killing of LVF leader Billy Wright in 1997 Adair became the new contact man for a group of Bolton-based members of the neo-Nazi organisation Combat 18 ( C18 ) who up to that point had been close to the LVF.

In November 1997 it announced that it would close the Filton site ( former BAe Dynamics ), at a loss of 400 jobs, in August 1999.

Upon her death in 1996, her family sold it in 1997, to two longtime regulars and close friends of Lois ', trans-media designer April Greiman and architect-educator Michael Rotondi.

Following a $ 100, 000 pay-off to former Mayor Matthew Scannapieco the planning board used the distance to the new school as justification to close the airfield citing a reference to a fatal plane crash in 1997.

Upon Champion's decision to close the plant in 1997, the employees of Champion purchased the plant and formed Blue Ridge Paper Company.

In 1997 Briggs and Nedin reported from South Australia a new specimen of Myoscolex which was much better preserved than previous specimens, leading them to conclude that it was a close relative of Opabinia-although this interpretation was later questioned by Dzik, who instead concluded that Myoscolex was an annelid worm.

In 1997, a morphological and molecular study of the Euglenozoa, put Euglena gracilis in close kinship with the species Khawkinea quartana, with Peranema trichophorum basal to both.

The Vandals maintained a close friendship with fellow Orange County band No Doubt, who covered the album's title track " Oi to the World " for a Christmas compilation in 1997.

Paramount considered spending close to $ 240, 000 to send Roddenberry's ashes into space — a move that had the backing of fans — but decided against it ; his remains would make it into space along with 22 others in 1997.

In a written statement published in 1997, Hall came very close to admitting that the accusations against him were true, although obliquely, saying that in the immediate postwar years, he felt strongly that " an American monopoly " on nuclear weapons " was dangerous and should be avoided ":

From 1969 to 1993, home field advantage was alternated between divisions each year regardless of regular season record and from 1995 to 1997 home field advantage was predetermined before the season.

On September 16 they won their 82nd game, securing the first season with a winning record since 1997.

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.

In 1996 – 1997, Campbell was a recurring guest star on the show Ellen as Ed Billik, who becomes Ellen's boss when she sells her bookstore in season four.

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.

The Rockies were broken up after the 1997 season when an aging Galarraga signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent.

Despite the major changes made to the team in the offseason, the team wound up with its first winning season since 1997.

1997 – 98 was Charlton's best season for years.

It was also the home stadium of the London Monarchs American Football team for the 1997 season.

The following year, Detroit, joined by Brendan Shanahan and Larry Murphy during the season, once again reached the Finals in 1997.

The Red Wings dedicated the 1997 – 98 season, which also ended in a Stanley Cup victory, to Konstantinov, who came out onto the ice in his wheelchair on victory night to touch the Cup.

Despite his Conn Smythe Trophy in the 1997 playoffs, Mike Vernon had been replaced as the regular Wings goaltender during the season with the younger Chris Osgood.

The 2005 season saw Essendon miss the finals for the first time since 1997, finishing with their second-worst result to that time under Sheedy's coaching, 13th position with 8 wins and 14 losses.

* Jeff Conine ( 1993 – 1997, 2003 – 2005 ) — Jeff Conine has the distinction of being the only player to appear in the opener of the Marlins ' inaugural season and in both the 1997 World Series and the 2003 World Series won by the Marlins.

* Livan Hernandez ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Hernandez's rookie season coincided with the 1997 World Series.

After the 1997 season ( when Bloomington North won the final single-class State Championship ), the IHSAA controversially did away with the single-class system, ending the run of single-class champions in Indiana.

After two consecutive playoff appearance, the Colts would regress and go 3 – 13 during the 1997 season.

Along with the disappointing season, the principal owner and man who moved the team to Indianapolis, Robert Irsay, died in January 1997 after years of declining health.

United States v. O ' Hagan: Trimming the Oak in the wrong season St. John's Law Review, Winter 1997.

In 1997, the franchise's third season, the Jaguars and the Steelers both finished the season with an 11 – 5 record, tops in the AFC Central Division.

Spacey hosted Saturday Night Live twice: first in 1997 with musical guest Beck and special guests Michael Palin and John Cleese from Monty Python's Flying Circus ; and again in the last episode of season 31 with musical guest Nelly Furtado.