1997
20 verified events recorded in 1997.
Activity over time
Events per year
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-12-01 | Kroll Associates Merges with O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt, Expanding Into Full-Service Security and Intelligence Firm Jules Kroll · Kroll Associates · O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt · Kroll-O'Gara Company | confirmed | |
| 1997-11-21 | FDA Modernization Act Accelerates Drug Approvals and Expands Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Under Pharma Pressure Bill Clinton · PhRMA · Food and Drug Administration · James Jeffords | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-24 | IMF Structural Adjustment Policies Implemented in Asian Economies International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · Goldman Sachs · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-23 | IMF Imposes Harsh Structural Adjustment on Indonesia International Monetary Fund · Indonesian Government · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-15 | IMF Imposes Radical Structural Adjustment on Indonesia International Monetary Fund · Suharto Government · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-04 | Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" Rally Fills National Mall: Masculine Christianity as Political Infrastructure Bill McCartney · Promise Keepers | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | 287(g) Program Created, Deputizing Local Police for Immigration Enforcement U.S. Congress · Immigration and Naturalization Service · Department of Justice · Local law enforcement agencies | confirmed | |
| 1997-10-01 | FBI Begins Development of Carnivore/DCS1000 Internet Surveillance System Louis Freeh · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Marcus Thomas · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-09-01 | USAID Cancels Harvard Russia Project After Discovering Shleifer and Hay Used Insider Positions to Profit from Russian Investments Andrei Shleifer · Jonathan Hay · Harvard Institute for International Development · United States Agency for International Development · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-19 | UPS Strike Ends in Rare Labor Victory, Teamsters Win Part-Time Worker Protections United Parcel Service · International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Ron Carey · AFL-CIO | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly Boeing · McDonnell Douglas · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-08-01 | Northrop Grumman B-2 Bomber Program Reaches $44 Billion Total Cost Northrop Grumman · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-07-02 | Thai Baht Collapses, Triggering Asian Financial Crisis Thai Central Bank · International Monetary Fund · World Bank · McKinsey & Company · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-06-01 | NSA Creates Signals Intelligence Automation Research Center, Binney and Wiebe Lead Bulk-Collection Technical Design William Binney · J. Kirk Wiebe · Ed Loomis · National Security Agency · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1997-03-09 | Notorious B.I.G. murdered in Los Angeles, Diddy's control through chaos Notorious B.I.G. · Sean Combs · Bad Boy Records · LAPD | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Felon Disenfranchisement Expansion: States Tighten Voting Bans as Prison Population Explodes State Legislatures · American Legislative Exchange Council · The Sentencing Project · Republican Governors | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Financial Industry Spends $300 Million on Deregulation Lobbying and Campaign Contributions Banking industry · Insurance Industry · Securities Industry · Democratic Party · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | First Complaints Against Larry Nassar Dismissed by Michigan State Coach Kathie Klages Larry Nassar · Kathie Klages · Michigan State University · MSU Gymnastics Program | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | Koch Industries Launches Massive Climate Denial Funding Network Koch Industries · Charles Koch · David Koch · Koch Family Foundations · +5 | confirmed | |
| 1997-01-01 | SEC Fort Worth Examiners Identify Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme, Enforcement Division Ignores Warnings for 12 Years Allen Stanford · Securities and Exchange Commission · Spencer Barasch · Stanford Financial Group | confirmed |