Momentous happenings. 1997 /
1997 was a year of justice, mourning and technology. The death of Jacques Cousteau was overshadowed, however, by the tragic demise on August 31, of the Princess of Wales in a car accident in Paris. Shortly after, the passing of Mother Teresa provoked an outpouring of tributes, from a world still ree...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Geelong, Victoria :
World Wide Entertainment,
2002.
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| Series: | World history in video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | 1997 was a year of justice, mourning and technology. The death of Jacques Cousteau was overshadowed, however, by the tragic demise on August 31, of the Princess of Wales in a car accident in Paris. Shortly after, the passing of Mother Teresa provoked an outpouring of tributes, from a world still reeling from Princess Diana's sudden death. Justice was served when Carlos the Jackal faced trial for the murder of two French secret agents and a Lebanese informer. Gary Kasparov challenged and lost a game of chess to IBM Supercomputer, Deep Blue, the first time a computer had ever defeated a human in match play. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 13, 2015). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (6 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:05:09 |