1997

Sheep successfully cloned
Madeline Albright becomes first female Secretary of State
Chairman Deng dies in China
Allen Ginsberg dies
Heaven's Gate cult mass suicide
Supreme Court rules president can be sued while in office in case of Paula Jones v. William J. Clinton
Cambodian dictator Pol Pot surrenders
"Premature Autopsies," "Welcome to the Ghetto" by Ricardo Cortez Cruz
Tiger Woods wins the Master's golf tournament
"Mason & Dixon" by Thomas Pynchon