What Happened on December 14, 1997

Historical Events

Gartner Scores 700

Phoenix Coyote winger Mike Gartner becomes 5th NHLer to score 700 goals

A View From the Bridge

Revival of Arthur Miller's dramatic play "A View From the Bridge", starring Anthony LaPaglia, Allison Janney, and Brittany Murphy. opens at the Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 239 performance, wins 2 Tony and 4 Drama Desk Awards

Events in 1997

Famous Birthdays

DK Metcalf [DeKaylin Zecharius], American football wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks), born in Oxford, Mississippi

Born in 1997

Famous Weddings

Milla Jovovich

French film director Luc Besson (38) marries Russian-American actress Milla Jovovich (22); divorce in 1999

Famous Deaths

Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who), dies of kidney failure at 51
Owen Barfield, British philosopher of language, dies at 99
Robert Sutton, New Zealand electronics engineer, dies at 82
Stubby Kaye [Bernard Solomon Kotzin], American actor (Guys & Dolls; Lil' Abner;, Cat Ballou), dies of lung cancer at 79

Died in 1997 1997 Highlights