Historical Events in 1997 (Part 5)

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• Dec 29 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care
• Dec 29 Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China

• Dec 29 Cricket Women's World Cup: Australia defeats New Zealand by 5 wickets
• Dec 30 An abandoned building collapses on NY's 42nd St, no one hurt
• Dec 30 In the worst incident in Algeria's insurgency, the Wilaya of Relizane massacres, 400 people are killed from four villages.

• Dec 31 72 year-old Marv Levy retires as coach of the NFL Buffalo Bills after 12 seasons, including 4 consecutive losing Super Bowl appearances
• Dec 31 Microsoft buys Hotmail email service for $400 million and re-launches it as MSN Hotmail
• Dec 31 More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809
• Dec 31 Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of pitcher Livan, defects from Cuba
• Dec 31 South African & US surgeons separate Zambian Siamese twins joined at the head
• Dec 31 27th Fiesta Bowl: #10 Kansas State beats #14 Syracuse, 35-18
• Dec 31 Buffalo's Czech NHL goalie Dominik Hasek stops 36 shots for his 27th career shutout in Sabres' 3-0 win over Ottawa Senators; his 6th shutout in month of December; first since George Hainsworth in 1928-29 to achieve the feat

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