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1997 in Great Britain — Page 7

Explore 252 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1997.

Historical records for Great Britain in 1997

Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 12 of 252 unique records.

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T.Rex

Fenton, Paul · Arts / Popular Music

Fenton along with Mickey Finn, forms a T.Rex tribute band in 1997, named Mickey Finns T-Rex

Taxloss Single

Draper, Paul · Great Britain · Singer and Songwriter · Arts / Music

Mansun release Taxloss during the successful campaign for Attack of the Grey Lantern.

Teenage First Team Breakthrough

Keane, Robbie · Wolverhampton · Midfielder · Sport / Football

Breaks into the Wolverhampton Wanderers first team as a teenager and quickly attracts attention for his movement and finishing.

Tellin' Stories Number One

Burgess, Tim · Great Britain · Singer · Arts / Music

Tellin' Stories becomes The Charlatans' third UK number one album.

The Ozzman Cometh

Osbourne, John Michael "Ozzy" · Arts / Popular Music

"The Ozzman Cometh" is released. A double-CD retrospective of Ozzys work, it includes previously unreleased rehearsal tapes of four classic Sabbath songs

The Tyranny of Relativism Published

Hoggart, Richard · Humanities / Social Science

Hoggart issued The Tyranny of Relativism, a version of his critique of contemporary cultural judgment.

Tommy Olivier Awards

Townshend, Peter Dennis Blandford · London · Composer · Arts / Theatre

The London Tommy stage production wins Olivier awards.

Tony Blair

Jenkins, Roy Harris · London · Adviser · Politics / Liberal Democrats

Acts as an informal adviser to Tony Blair after Labour returns to government.

Transfer to Manchester United

Sheringham, Teddy · Manchester · Forward · Sport / Football

After a spell with Tottenham Hotspur, Teddy Sheringham signs for Manchester United. United recruited the experienced England forward to fill the gap left by Eric Cantona's retirement.

Trial & Retribution

Plante, Lynda La · Arts / Drama

Writes Trial & Retribution (ITV 1997-). Writes Bella Mafia

Walsh Concludes Portsmouth Playing Career

Walsh, Paul · Portsmouth · Forward · Sport / Football

Walsh finishes his professional playing career after contributing creative forward play and valuable experience to Portsmouth.

West Ham Utd

Lampard, Frank James · Sport / Football

Makes professional debut for West Ham

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