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SCIENTISTS and other experts who have spent years trying to get people concerned about the prospect of global warming have always faced a central problem: temperatures change all the time. From summer to winter, Minneapolis goes from 90-degree heat waves to 10-below deep freezes. At the end of a spell of Indian summer, Manhattan can go from 65 degrees to 25 in a few hours.
Czech Republic's cozy, fairy-tale image has been dented by political and economic woes, which have forced resignations of Prime Min Vaclav Klaus and Government of Pres Vaclav Havel; Klaus, once regarded as smart economist who knew best how to move country from Communism to capitalism, has been been forsaken by international financial community and turned on by political colleagues, who accuse him of arrogance and disclosed details of slush fund of party contributions held in Swiss bank; many politicians conclude that economic stability that distinguished country from rest of Central Europe since collapse of Communism hasa been lost; photo (M)
Buffalo Bills defeat New York Jets, 20-10; tables; photos (M)2
Alan Riding comment on exhibit in Paris, at new French National Library, about photography's early relationship with painting, drawing and sculpture, in depictions of the naked human body; photos (M)
Elizabeth Kolbert assesses New York City and New York State's inability so far to come up with acceptable plan for using Governors Island; Pres Clinton offered almost two years ago to turn over island to New York for $1, provided city and state could come with with plan for using it; city officials contend that they are waiting to act until Fed Government makes commitment to share costs of maintaining island (M)
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 26, 1997, covering December 1, 1997.
Barbra Streisand
Shania Twain
Mystikal
LSG
Mase
1997Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter[â ]
Sada Williams is a Barbadian sprinter competing primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 400Â m at the 2022 World Championships, becoming the first Barbadian woman ever to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Williams took gold in the event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
1997Jung Chae-yeon, South Korean actress and singer[â ]
Jung Chae-yeon, known mononymously as Chaeyeon, is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a member of the girl group DIA and former member of a project girl group I.O.I, having finished 7th in the survival show Produce 101. She is currently active as an actress, best known for her lead roles in the television series To. Jenny (2018), My First First Love (2019), The King's Affection (2021), The Golden Spoon (2022), and Family by Choice (2024).
1997Michel BĂ©langer, Canadian banker and businessman (born 1929)[â ]
Michel BĂ©langer, was a Canadian businessman and banker.
1997StĂ©phane Grappelli, French violinist (born 1908)[â ]
Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. He has been called "the grandfather of jazz violinists" and continued playing concerts around the world well into his eighties.
1997Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (born 1920)[â ]
Endicott Howard Peabody was an American politician from Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served a single two-year term as the 62nd Governor of Massachusetts, from 1963 to 1965. His tenure is probably best known for his categorical opposition to the death penalty and for signing into law the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston. After losing the 1964 Democratic gubernatorial primary, Peabody made several more failed bids for office in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, including failed campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 1966 and 1986.
1997In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.[â ]
Bihar is a state in Eastern India. It is the second largest state by population, the 12th largest by area, and the 14th largest by GDP in 2024. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and Jharkhand to the south. Bihar is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. On 15 November 2000, a large chunk of southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Around 11.27% of Bihar's population live in urban areas as per a 2020 report. Additionally, almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official language is Hindi, which shares official status alongside that of Urdu. The main native languages are Maithili, Magahi and Bhojpuri. But there are several other languages being spoken at smaller levels.
1997Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opens fire at a group of students in Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing three and injuring five.[â ]
The Heath High School shooting occurred at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, on December 1, 1997, when 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of students, killing three and injuring six.
In 1997, the world population was approximately 5,924,787,816 people[â ]