1997 in Portugal

none 1997 Events in the year 1997 in Portugal. Incumbents President: Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister: António Guterres (Socialist) Events 16 February – In an interview with Radio Renascença, Prime Minister António Guterres confirms that he will not support two separate bills introduced by the youth wing of the Socialist Party and the Communist Party to liberalise the existing abortion law, which are set to be debated in the Assembly later in the week.https://elpais.com/diario/1997/02/18/sociedad/856220407_850215.html El primer ministro socialista de Portugal, contrario a ampliar el aborto es Portugal's socialist prime minister against expanding abortion El País Javier García 17 February 1997 15 October 2021 26–27 February – A warm spell causes temperatures to rise to record levels, with weather stations in Aveiro and Viana do Castelo each observing a high 25°C on 26 and 27 February respectively, Portugal's highest ever winter temperatures.https://www.dn.pt/vida-e-futuro/inglaterra-bate-recordes-de-temperatura-em-portugal-ainda-vale-o-de-1997-10625071.html Inglaterra bate recordes de temperatura. Em Portugal ainda vale o de 1997 pt Diário de Notícias Céu Neves 27 February 2019 3 March 2021 16 April – Amarante massacre: Thirteen people are killed in the Meia Culpa nightclub in Amarante after three armed men lock patrons and employees inside and set fire to the building. José Queirós, the owner of a rival nightclub in Amarante, is later convicted of organising the attack and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.https://observador.pt/2017/04/14/autor-moral-do-massacre-na-boite-meia-culpa-em-amarante-continua-preso-apos-20-anos/ Autor moral do massacre na boîte Meia Culpa em Amarante continua preso após 20 anos pt Observador Lusa News Agency 16 April 2017 26 October 2021 3 May – Portugal participates in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin with Célia Lawson performing the song "Antes do adeus". Lawson finishes the competition in last place out of the 24 competing nations,http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=312 Eurovision Song Contest 1997 European Broadcasting Union 7 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20120103235425/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=312 3 January 2012 dead scoring zero points.https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/d0cafc39-d886-4e28-9369-668b8ff79219 What happened to the Eurovision contestants who scored nul points? BBC Music Emily Mackay 8 May 2017 10 October 2021 21 June – Foreign Minister Jaime Gama announces that fresh dialogue will be held with the Indonesian government over the future of East Timor, a former territory of the Portuguese Empire that was annexed by Indonesia in 1975.https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/21/world/new-talks-on-east-timor-problem-open.html New Talks on East Timor Problem Open The New York Times 21 June 1997 3 March 2021 8–10 August – The Festival do Sudoeste music festival is held for the first time in Zambujeira do Mar with American singer Marilyn Manson and English bands Blur and Suede performing as the headline acts.https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/10-acontecimentos-que-marcaram-1997 10 acontecimentos que marcaram 1997 Portuguese 10 events that marked 1997 Jornal de Negocios 23 November 2017 20 March 2022 31 October – Twenty-nine people are killed after heavy rainfall causes mudslides in the Azores. The storm system continues over the Atlantic Ocean and reaches mainland Portugal on 1 November, where further rainfall leads to flooding in Setúbal up to 3 ft m in depth and the collapse of a hospital roof in Lisbon, injuring two people.https://apnews.com/article/08c8f474ab2d12aecd972f6affd95e34 Azores buries landslide victims while storm strikes Portugal’s coast Associated Press Samir Krilic 3 November 1997 15 October 2021 5–6 November – Further heavy rainfall in Alentejo causes flooding along the banks of the Guadiana river at the Spanish-Portuguese border, killing ten people and severely damaging buildings in the town of Pomeral.http://edition.cnn.com/WEATHER/9711/06/spain.floods/ Towns in Spain, Portugal engulfed by flooding CNN Reuters 6 November 1997 29 October 2021 https://archive.today/20211029161540/http://edition.cnn.com/WEATHER/9711/06/spain.floods/ 29 October 2021 dead Arts and entertainment Publications Todos os Nomes (All the Names) by José Saramago.https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/books/100998nobel-list.html The Novels of a Nobelist The New York Times 9 October 1998 24 October 2021 Films Ossos (Bones) by Pedro Costa.Jean-Louis Comolli Frames and Bodies — Notes on Three Films by Pedro Costa: Ossos, No Quarto da Vanda, Juventude em Marcha 2010 Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry 24 62–70 10.1086/655929 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/655929 21 October 2021 subscription Tentação (Temptation) by Joaquim Leitão.http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/cinema/longas/lon084.html 1997 - TENTAÇÃO Instituto Camões 21 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20140601005751/http://cvc.instituto-camoes.pt/cinema/longas/lon084.html 1 June 2014 dead Viagem ao Principio do Mundo (Voyage to the Beginning of the World) by Manoel de Oliveira.https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/06/movies/film-festival-review-finding-roots-in-the-heart-of-an-ancient-aunt.html FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; Finding Roots in the Heart of an Ancient Aunt The New York Times Stephen Holden 6 October 1997 22 October 2021 Births 31 May – Inês Murta, tennis player.https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800337432 Ines Murta Billie Jean King Cup 28 October 2021 28 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211028202512/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800337432 dead 19 November – Salomé Afonso, middle-distance runner.https://worldathletics.org/athletes/portugal/salome-afonso-14594593 Salomé AFONSO World Athletics 29 October 2021 Deaths 13 June – Al Berto, poet (born 1948).https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-al-berto-1249902.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-al-berto-1249902.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Al Berto The Independent James Kirkurp 9 July 1997 10 October 2021 17 November – Orlando Ribeiro, geographer and historian (born 1911).https://www.publico.pt/2011/02/12/ciencia/noticia/o-geografo-que-gostava-de-fotografia-de-musica-e-de-vulcoes-1479934 O geógrafo que gostava de fotografia, de música e de vulcões Público Teresa Firmino 12 February 2011 10 October 2011 References 30em 1997 Portugal Category:Years of the 20th century in Portugal Portugal Category:1990s in Portugal