4th » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli CH-53 Sea Stallion or Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster known as collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
4th » After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
5th » The so-called Swiss bank Major banks known as Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid The Holocaust e.g Holocaust survivors and their families.
11th » Space Shuttle Discovery known as Space Shuttle 'Discovery' is launched on a STS-82 e.g mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
22nd » In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly the sheep called Dolly has been successfully cloning named cloned.
25th » Yi Han-yong, North Korean defector was murdered by unidentified assailants in Bundang, South Korea.
28th » An 1997 Ardabil earthquake or earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
28th » The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
28th » GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
28th » 1997 military memorandum (Turkey) e.g Military Coup in Turkey
Famous Birthdays on February in 1997
3rd » Paige Mary Hourigan, New Zealand tennis player