1st » In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Party Unity e.g CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
6th » A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
15th » Tupolev Tu-154 Incidents and accidents or Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah (emirate) called Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
17th » The British Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 comes into force, banning all handguns with the exception of antique and show weapons.
18th » HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
19th » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River (Indonesia) called Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
22nd » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Catholic Church Roman Catholic activists for Indigenous peoples of the Americas indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are Wiktionary:massacre massacred by paramil
22nd » Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of List of Presidents of Somalia e.g President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
24th » The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
26th » The Soufrière Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
27th » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright (loyalist) named Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.