The April 17, 1997 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 106 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 29 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, April 17, 2026, 75 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, April 17, 2027, in 289 days. You have lived for 10,667 days, or about 256,010 hours, or about 15,360,658 minutes, or about 921,639,480 seconds.
Date: 17 April 1997
By Nadine Brozan
Nadine Brozan
CBS News anchor Paula Zahn is injured in traffic accident in Dallas, Texas, but that does not keep her from going on to interview Southwest Airlines chief executive Herbert Kelleher for Saturday CBS Evening News (S)
Date: 17 April 1997
By Edward A. Gargan
Edward Gargan
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's leading English-language newspaper, has quietly hired senior Chinese editor, Feng Xiliang, and installed him in post some at paper call 'political commissar;' move comes amid increasing concern about press independence under impending Chinese rule and increasing self-censorship by some papers (M)
Date: 18 April 1997
By Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges
Serbian Pres Slobodan Milosevic appears once again to have defied expectations of his opponents and reasserted his grip on power; Milosevic, following months of protests by political opposition, is moving to limit criticism of him by news media, and he has sidelined those who were disloyal to him in his moment of weakness; he has capitalized on disarry in ranks of opposition, which began squabbling almost immediately after they took power in many of Serbia's largest cities; he is preparing to run for Yugoslav Presidency; photo (M)
Date: 17 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Olivetti SpA shares fall as much as 13 percent on April 15 news of greater-than-expected 1996 loss and announcement that company will write down its capital (S)
Date: 18 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ametek Inc plans to acquire Technitrol Inc's test and measurement products business for $34 million in cash (S)
Date: 17 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Physician Corp of America is in talks that could lead to capital infusion or sale of the company (S)
Date: 17 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Briggs & Stratton Corp will buy back about 5.87 million shares, or about 20 percent of its stock, at $43 to $51 a share to improve its capital structure (S)
Date: 18 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Trading volume on Union Carbide Corp's options increases with speculation that company might be for sale (S)
Date: 17 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
At Home Network says group of investors including Sun Microsystems and Motorola paid $48 million for about 4.5 percent of the closely held high-speed Internet-access service, giving company implied market capitalization of about $1.1 billion; other investors are Bay Networks and Canadian cable companies Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications (S)
Date: 18 April 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Advanta Corp agrees to stop marketing credit card that gave customers rewards in American Express Co program after settling lawsuits with Visa USA and Mastercard International (S)