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Two newborn babies abandoned over holiday weekend have been placed in custody of State Division of Youth and Family Services (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
NJ Gov Whitman's daughter Kate is released from Cape Town, S Africa, after being hit by car while jogging (New Jersey Daily Briefing) (S)
Promus Hotel Corp and Doubletree Corp agree to merger that will create one of biggest hotel companies in the world, with combined revenue of $5 billion; merged company will control 1,136 hotels and 172,000 rooms and 40,000 employees in US; deal values Promus at about $2.1 billion and Doubletree at $1.8 billion; Promus shareholders will own about 55 percent of new company; chart (L)
Dow Jones industrial average rises 257.36 points, or 3.38 percent, to 7,879.78--its largest single-day point gain ever and its biggest percentage rise in nearly six years; Standard & Poor's 500-stock index surges 28.11 points, or 3.13 percent, to close at 927.58; Nasdaq composite index gains 30.77 points, or 1.94 percent, to 1,618.09; graph (L)
California is in throes of economic boom, with strong position in almost all growth industries; more Americans have moved there than have left to live elsewhere, for first time since 1991, and sales of existing homes rose 11.2 percent in July 1997--highest year-to-year increase since 1989 and five times national increase for July; annual job growth rate is nearly 3 percent, compared with 2.3 percent nationally and 1.4 percent in Middle Atlantic States; state has nearly half million more jobs than before recession of early 1990's; map; charts (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 3, 1997, covering September 3, 1997.
Fleetwood Mac
Puff Daddy & The Family
Spice Girls
Soundtrack
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1997Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer[†]
Andrew Austin is an Irish cricketer. He made his first-class debut for North West Warriors in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Championship on 20 June 2017. Prior to his first-class debut, he was part of Ireland's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his List A debut for North West Warriors in the 2019 Inter-Provincial Cup on 24 April 2019.
1997Sulayman Bojang, Norwegian footballer[†]
Sulayman Bojang is a professional footballer who plays for Skeid. Born in Norway, he represents Gambia internationally.
1997Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer[†]
Reniece Boyce is a Trinidadian cricketer who currently plays for Leeward Islands as a right-handed wicket-keeper batter. In May 2017, she was named in the West Indies squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for the West Indies against South Africa in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup on 2 July 2017.
1997Carter Kieboom, American baseball player[†]
Carter Alswinn Kieboom is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Los Angeles Angels organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, for whom he made his MLB debut in 2019.
1997Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer[†]
Petar Krstić is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
1997Salome Pazhava, Georgian rhythmic gymnast[†]
Salome Pazhava is a Georgian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She finished 4th in All-around at the 2015 World Championships.
1997Devin Singletary, American football player[†]
Devin Singletary, nicknamed "Motor", is an American professional football running back for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls. As a sophomore in 2017, he led all Division I FBS players with 32 rushing touchdowns, 33 combined rushing and receiving touchdowns, and 198 points scored, and finished with 1,920 rushing yards. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round of the 2019 NFL draft. He has also played for the Houston Texans.
1997Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer[†]
Bernard Tekpetey is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad.
1997Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer[†]
Maduka Christopher Udeh is a Nigerian footballer who plays as centre-back for Norwegian club Øygarden.
1997Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.[†]
Vietnam Airlines is the flag carrier of Vietnam. The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Biên district, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The airline flies 117 routes across 19 countries, excluding codeshared services.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[†]