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Nevada Athletic Commission revokes Mike Tyson's boxing license and fines him $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield's ears in heavyweight title fight; Tyson can seek reinstatement in year and annually after that, if refused; other states are expected to follow ban; Tyson does not plan appeal; panel members note his failure to attend hearing (M)
Boro Pres Ruth W Messinger opens New York City mayoral drive, portraying Mayor Rudolph W Giuliani as servant of upper classes who ignores concerns of New Yorkers who rely on public institutions and basic municipal service; stresses improving schools; photo (M)
Television industry and family advocacy groups agree on expanding industry's six-month-old ratings system to include code letters for violence, sexual content and foul language; Sen John McCain, Rep Edward J Markey and other members of Congress with direct influence over telecommunications law helped spur accord with unusual pledge not to promote law about television content, scheduling or ratings for three years; NBC refuses to add code letters; sees pressure on industry as form of Government coercion that could lead to censorship (M)
Decline in gold prices over last few months--and plunge last week to 12-year low--have alarmed many in South Africa, where gold remains keystone of business and the economy; with commodity price of gold in $320-an-ounce range, index of gold-mining shares on Johannesburg Stock Exchange is down roughly 38 percent so far this year; plunge in gold could shake confidence in South Africa's currency, the rand, which has held steady at 4.55 to the dollar; layoffs could undermine confidence in Pres Nelson Mandela's Government, which has promised its constituents jobs, housing, and larger share of national wealth; tables; photo (L)
Boris Jordan, American who founded Renaissance Capital, and Vladimir O Potanin, former head of Uneximbank, have joined forces to establish Russia's largest investment bank; new company will merge Renaissance Capital Group with International Company for Finance and Investment, which is now Russia's fifth-largest bank; announcement of merger is important sign for Russia's leaders that at least some Russian bankers believe there is real money to be made by investing at home (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 9, 1997, covering July 10, 1997.
Spice Girls
Hanson
Tim McGraw
Motley Crue
Soundtrack
1997In London, scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which supports the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution, placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.[†]
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix. The polymer carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleic acids. Alongside proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides), nucleic acids are one of the four major types of macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life.
1997Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.[†]
Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido was a Spanish economist and municipal politician and a member of the People's Party, in Ermua, the Basque Country. He was kidnapped and murdered by the Basque separatist group ETA.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]