What Happened on July 27, 1997

Historical Events

"Candide" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 103 performances
84th Tour de France won by Jan Ullrich of Germany

Senior Open Championship

British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Gary Player of South Africa wins with birdie on 2nd playoff hole against countryman John Bland

Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16

Victor/Victoria

Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, and Blake Edwards' musical adaptation of the film "Victor/Victoria", starring Julie Andrews, closes at Marquis Theater, NYC, after 738 performances

Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria; about 50 people killed.

Events in 1997

Famous Deaths

Isabel Dean, English actress (Five Days One Summer Virgin Island, Ransom), dies at 79
K'Tut Tantri [Muriel Stuart Walker], Scottish-American broadcaster during Indonesian National Revolution, dies at 99
Raymond Jackson, British illustrator and political cartoonist (Evening Standard, 1952-97), dies at 70

Died in 1997 1997 Highlights