The September 8, 1997 was a Monday under the star sign of ♍. It was the 250 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.
If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, September 8, 2025, 287 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, in 77 days. You have lived for 10,514 days, or about 252,343 hours, or about 15,140,638 minutes, or about 908,438,280 seconds.
Date: 08 September 1997
By Andrew Ross Sorkin
Andrew Sorkin
Internet played big role last week in delivering news about Princess Diana's death and funeral and in creating international community of mourners; within hours of car accident that killed Diana, main news organizations with Web sites posted reports about crash along with background information about Diana and last weeks of her life; photo (L)
Date: 08 September 1997
By Michael Kimmelman
Michael Kimmelman
Michael Kimmelman column on paparazzi photographs in light of death of Princess Diana, for which many people blame the paparazzi, and a show of paparazzi photographs opening at Robert Miller Gllery; says the seemingly sudden, informal depicition of high-born or famous people in a public place--the essense of a paparazzi picture--can be traced in art at least to Degas's Place de la Concorde of 1975; photo (M)
Date: 09 September 1997
By Nadine Brozan
Nadine Brozan
Stanford University newspaper says it will treat incoming freshman Chelsea Clinton like any other student, leaving her academic and social life largely unreported (S)
Date: 08 September 1997
By Iver Peterson
Iver Peterson
Steve Coz, who took over as editor of National Enquirer a year ago, has cut back on sensationalism as paper's circulation dropped nearly 55 percent from its peak in late 1970's; despite Coz's changes, death of Princess Diana has cast Coz into anti-tabloid frenzy in campaign being promoted by stars whom Coz now focuses on more intensely than ever; Coz says tone of The Enquirer has changed, but it will never change enough to suit some celebrities, interview; photo (L)
Date: 08 September 1997
Editorial urges New York State Legislature to allow television cameras back into courtrooms; says allowing 10-year-old experiment to lapse served public and cause of justice poorly (S)
Date: 09 September 1997
By Amy M. Spindler
Amy
Amy M Spindler comment on new show at Robert Miller Gallery, planned long before death of Diana, Princess of Wales, that examines fashion industry's complex relationship with recently villainized paparazzi; photos (M)
Date: 08 September 1997
By Janna Malamud Smith
Janna Smith
Op-Ed article by Janna Malamud Smith on hounding of celebrities, including late Princess Diana, by media; says our hunger for stories about other people's lives is insatiable since it allows us complex psychic pleasure; says we gratify impossible desires by identifying with celebrities, while confirming worth of our more mundane lives by judging them; photo (M)
Date: 08 September 1997
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
Lawyers close to investigation of death of Princess Diana and two others in automobile accident in Paris say investigators are searching for driver of car who reportedly may have tried to slow down Mercedes limousine for photographers pursuing on motorcycles in way that could have caused it to go out of control (M)
Date: 09 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Boston Properties agrees to buy midtown Manhattan office tower from Kenvic Associates for about $206 million (S)
Date: 09 September 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Manufactured Home Communities Inc, which is headed by billionaire financier Sam Zell, agrees to buy 38 manufactured home communities for $300 million; purchase is being made through tender offer for units of closely held partnerships managed by Gerald Ellenburg (S)