Portal:Current events/November 1997

November 1997 was the eleventh month of that common year. The month, which began on a Saturday, ended on a Sunday after 30 days.

Portal:Current events[]

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from November 1997.

November 3, 1997 (Monday)

In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute.

November 10, 1997 (Monday)

Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom (the largest merger in U.S. history).
A Fairfax, Virginia jury finds Mir Aimal Kasi guilty of murdering 2 CIA employees in 1993.

November 11, 1997 (Tuesday)

Mary McAleese is elected the 8th President of Ireland in succession to Mary Robinson, the first time in the world that one woman has succeeded another as elected head of state.

November 12, 1997 (Wednesday)

Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

November 17, 1997 (Monday)

In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut.

November 19, 1997 (Wednesday)

In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all 7 babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.

November 27, 1997 (Thursday)

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission is launched, the start of the satellite component of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System.

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