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The Year 1997
Diana Princess of Wales dies in a car crash in Paris. Dolly the Sheep is cloned. ThrustSSC sets the first supersonic land speed record. Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule. Mars Pathfinder lands on the surface of Mars. Stock markets around the world crash. Petrol is £2.70 pence a gallon. The first signs of Bird Flu in China where 1.25 million chickens are slaughtered. In the UK Tony Blair is the prime minister.
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