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Former Sayreville, NJ, Postmaster Sergio Hernandez admits in court to stealing more than $70,000 from US Postal Service from 1993 to 1996 by submitting fake invoices (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Article in series, Waiting for China, notes that many journalists and writers in Hong Kong are concerned about possible confrontation with Communist hard-liners when China regains control of British colony; says they preparing for confrontation that will determine Hong Kong's future and its role as information hub for all of Asia; photos (M)
Dow Jones industrial average soars 153.80 points, 2.02 percent gain, to 7,758.06, on New York Stock Exchange trading volume of 554.1 million shares; graph; table (M)
Article, in occasional series on lobbying, notes that lobbyists for television broadcasting industry have managed to work two provisions into Senate and House budget bills that would allow broadcasters to evade most significant commitments they made for coming transition to digital broadcasting; Federal regulators lent each of nation's 1,600 TV stations second channel for transition; Federal Communications Commission, at urging of White House, passed rule calling for return of channels in 2006; one provision in budget bills would enable broadcasters to keep channels for indefinite period; other could delay introduction of digital high-definition television broadcasts far beyond Government-set deadlines (M)
New Jersey teen-ager Melissa Drexler, who gave birth in bathroom stall at her senior prom and left newborn baby in knotted plastic bag, is formally accused of murder (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 25, 1997, covering June 25, 1997.
Bob Carlisle
Wu-Tang Clan
Tim McGraw
Spice Girls
Hanson
1997Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer and explorer (born 1910)[†]
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.
1997An uncrewed Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.[†]
Progress M-34 was a Russian uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1997 to resupply the Mir space station, and which subsequently collided with Mir during a docking attempt, resulting in significant damage to the space station.
1997The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).[†]
The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams – 25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional ice hockey league in the world. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) views the Stanley Cup as one of the "most important championships available to the sport". The NHL is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]