They defeated the American League champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 series, which was notable for shortstop Edgar Renteria driving in second baseman Craig Counsell for the series-clinching run in the eleventh inning of the seventh and deciding game and the " fire sale " which occurred in the off-season following the dramatic win.

The lagoon was drained and used as a parking lot during the show's off-season and was the last surviving element of the show when it was demolished in 1997 as part of an expansion project.

The race course is a prime destination for Formula One teams who wish to perform off-season testing ; it also hosted the highly controversial 1997 European Grand Prix.

In the off-season, the Canucks made another significant move, signing Rangers captain Mark Messier during free agency on July 26, 1997.

Having picked up future Hall-of-Famers Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille and Dominik Hašek in the off-season, the team was primed to win its third Cup since 1997.

The following off-season, on August 25, 1997, Giguère was traded to the Calgary Flames with centre Andrew Cassels for forward Gary Roberts and goaltender Trevor Kidd.

A win at the 1997 European Grand Prix saw McLaren enter the off-season on a high, and when the racing resumed four months later the McLaren MP4 / 13 was the car to beat.

During the off-season, Vernon was traded to the San Jose Sharks, moving Hodson to the backup position for the 1997 – 98 Season.

However, following the loss of star center Shaquille O ' Neal to free agency during the off-season, he was fired mid-season in 1997 after a player revolt was led by disgruntled star Penny Hardaway.

During the 1997 off-season, " radical " realignment plans were bandied around about possibly rearranging teams from one league to another, especially Houston and Texas.

In 1997 Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky with Stars " and " Only If ..."; " Only If ..." later became a single.

* 1997: Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya

* 1997 – Ranked # 26 in Empire ( UK ) magazine's " The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time " list.

Rickman was chosen by Empire as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history ( No 34 ) in 1995 and ranked No 59 in Empires " The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time " list in October 1997.

In 1997, Ford was ranked No. 1 in Empire " The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time " list.

In 1997 / 98, the 5RC label was formed as a sister label to Kill Rock Stars ; it released generally harsher-sounding and more challenging indie rock than KRS.

Slim's wife Portia Sabin took over ownership of Kill Rock Stars and in 2007 the label released 11 records, including New Moon, a collection of songs recorded by Elliott Smith between 1994 and 1997.

In 1997, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.

* White Wolf: Ill Met In Lankhmar ( 1995 ; books 1 and 2, with a new introduction by Michael Moorcock and Fritz Leiber's " Fafhrd and Me "), Lean Times in Lankhmar ( 1996 ; books 3 and 4, with a new introduction by Karl Edward Wagner ), Return to Lankhmar ( 1997 ; books 5 and 6, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman ), and Farewell to Lankhmar ( 1998 ; book 7 ; the hardcover edition omits the final seven chapters of " The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars ")

Sunrise has been involved in many popular and acclaimed anime television series, including Mobile Suit Gundam ( and all its various spinoffs and sequels since 1979 ), the Mashin Eiyūden Wataru series ( 1988 – 1997 ), the Yūsha series ( 1990 – 1997 ), the Eldran series ( 1991 – 1993 ) which has now become part of the Yūsha series since the Takara Tomy merger, and the Crest of the Stars series ( 1999 – 2001 ).

In the 1997 – 98 season, the Stars introduced an alternate uniform that partly resembled those worn during the All-Star Game at the time.

* Legenden av stoft och stjärnor (" The Legend of Dust and Stars ") ( 1997 )

In 1997, it was purchased by the Cars of the Stars Motor Museum and was on display for while, but is no longer there having been sold.

He was drafted by the Stars in the second round ( 52nd overall ) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

While playing with Yaroslavl, he was selected in the second round ( 52nd overall ) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars.

* Julie Ruin on Kill Rock Stars ( 1997 )

The character was featured in the television specials Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular in 1995 and Super Dave's All Stars in 1997.

* 1: Albuquerque Geckos ( 1997 ); Chicago Stingers ( 1998 ); Cleveland City Stars ( 2008 ); Harrisburg City Islanders ( 2007 ); Western Mass Pioneers ( 1999 ); Wilmington Hammerheads ( 2003 )

Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its axing in 2011.

* Stars On 45: The Club Hits ( Germany, November 1997 )

* 1997, Stars on 45: " The Club Hits "

In 1997, a memorandum of understanding between the US and four of the former USSR states was signed and subject to ratification by each signatory, but it was not presented to the US Senate for advice and consent by Bill Clinton.

Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in 1997 signed legislation designating the southwest corner of West 54th Street and Broadway, the corner on which John J. Fitz Gerald lived from 1934 to 1963, as " Big Apple Corner.

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.

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

* 1997 – The Treaty of Bangkok is signed allowing the transformation of Southeast Asia into a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.

No. 166, signed in Strasbourg, 6 November 1997 ) is a comprehensive convention of the Council of Europe dealing with the law of nationality.

Hungary was a signatory to the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, has signed all of the CSCE / OSCE follow-on documents since 1989, and served as the OSCE's Chairman-in-Office in 1997.

There were originally 122 signatories in 1997 ;, it has been signed by 155 countries and ratified by 153.

In response to the trials of the conspirators being moved out-of-state, the Victim Allocution Clarification Act of 1997 was signed on March 20, 1997 by President Clinton to allow the victims of the bombing ( and the victims of any other future acts of violence ) the right to observe trials and to offer impact testimony in sentencing hearings.

The rebellion began in early 1989, active hostilities ended with a truce in October 1997 and a permanent ceasefire was signed in April 1998.

In 1997, after his sponsorship with Coca-Cola ended, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon signed a long term contract with Pepsi, and he drives with the Pepsi logos on his car with various paint schemes for about 2 races each year, usually a darker paint scheme during nighttime races.

Approaching free agency, Martínez was traded to the Boston Red Sox in November 1997 for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas, Jr., and was soon signed to a six-year, $ 75, 000, 000 contract ( with an option for a seventh at $ 17 million ) by Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette, at the time the largest ever awarded to a pitcher.

A peace agreement among rival factions was signed in 1997.

On November 21, 1997, President Bill Clinton signed S. 923, special legislation introduced by Senator Arlen Specter to bar McVeigh and other veterans convicted of crimes from being buried in any military cemetery.

Disputes-international: maritime boundary with Cambodia not defined ; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), Republic of China ( ROC ), Malaysia, Philippines, and possibly Brunei ; maritime boundary with Thailand resolved in August 1997 ; maritime boundary dispute with the PRC in the Gulf of Tonkin resolved in 2000 ; Paracel Islands occupied by the PRC but claimed by Vietnam and the ROC ; offshore islands and sections of boundary with Cambodia are in dispute ; agreement on land border with the People's Republic of China was signed in December 1999.

From 1995, the UNFCCC held annual summits on climate change, leading to the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997, a binding agreement signed by several developed countries.

In 1944 the US and Mexico signed a treaty regarding the river, and in 1997 the US designated the Rio Grande as one of the American Heritage Rivers.

* Chemical Weapons Convention, signed 1993, entered into force 1997

* Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel land mines, signed 1997, entered into force 1999

* Treaty of Bangkok ( Southeast Asia ), signed 1995, entered into force 1997

In May 1997, Russia and Ukraine signed the Peace and Friendship Treaty, ruling out Moscow's territorial claims to Ukraine.

A general cessation of hostilities between the government in Manila and the MILF was signed in July 1997 but this agreement was abolished in 2000 by the Philippine Army under the administration of Philippine President Joseph Estrada.

In August 1996 Yeltsin agreed to a ceasefire with Chechen leaders, and a peace treaty was formally signed in May 1997.