The Dow passes 6,000. The University of Kentucky Wildcats win the NCAA basketball championship. In 1997, a new home entertainment movie system called DVD debuts. Princess Di dies in a auto accident. Mother Teresa dies.
Bombs explode at abortion clinics in Tulsa and Atlanta, injuring six.
Madeleine Albright becomes America's first female secretary of state. A civil jury finds O.J. liable in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife and her friend. The Liggett Group admits that smoking is addictive and causes health problems. Thirty-nine members of the Heaven's Gate cult are found dead in a mass suicide. Floods along the Ohio and Red Rivers cost millions in property damage.