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October 1997 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in October 1997

• October 2, 1997: British scientists Moira Bruce and John Collinge, with their colleagues, independently show that the new variant form of the Creutzfeldt\u2013Jakob disease is the same disease as Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
• October 3, 1997: The President of Paraguay, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, orders the arrest of political opponent Lino Oviedo.
• October 4, 1997: Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery: The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history ($17.3\u00a0million, mostly in small bills) occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina, office of Wells Fargo. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the stolen cash.
• October 10, 1997: Uruguay's worst air disaster occurs when Austral L\u00edneas A\u00e9reas Flight 2553 crashes near Nuevo Berl\u00edn, killing all 74 on board.
• October 12, 1997: Sidi Daoud massacre: 43 are killed at a false roadblock in Algeria.
• October 15, 1997: Andy Green sets the first supersonic land speed record for the ThrustSSC team, led by Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985\u00a0km/h (763.035\u00a0mph).
• October 16, 1997: The first color photograph appears on the front page of The New York Times.
• October 17, 1997: The remains of Che Guevara are laid to rest with full military honours in a specially built mausoleum in the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, where he had won the decisive battle of the Cuban Revolution 39 years before.
• October 22, 1997: Danish escaped criminal Steen Christensen robs the Hotel Palace in Helsinki, Finland, killing two police officers while evading capture.
• October 29, 1997: Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq says it will begin shooting down Lockheed U-2 surveillance planes being used by UNSCOM inspectors.