Le 9 mai 1997 était un vendredi sous le signe astral du ♉. C'était le 128ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était William J. (Bill) Clinton.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 29 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le samedi 9 mai 2026, il y a 39 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le dimanche 9 mai 2027, dans 325 jours. Vous avez vécu 10 631 jours, soit environ 255 164 heures, ou environ 15 309 847 minutes, ou environ 918 590 820 secondes.
Date: 10 May 1997
By BRUCE WEBER
Chess match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue is 2-2 with two games to play, and uncertainty about outcome is profound; Kasparov has clearly been shaken and at times irritated by his opponent; Deep Blue side is showing great confidence (L)
Date: 10 May 1997
Veteran peace activist Philip F Berrigan is in jail again, this time in Portland, Maine, because of anti-war demonstration; former priest and longtime advocate, now 73, remains in custody because he will not promise to stay away from Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, where he vandalized Navy destroyer last winter; case reviewed; photo (M)
Date: 10 May 1997
By Alan Truscott
Alan Truscott Bridge column; reports on game from Cavendish Invitational Teams, Las Vegas; drawing (S)
Date: 10 May 1997
By MATTHEW PURDY
Former officials of Harlem Urban Development Corp, responding to criticism from Pataki administration that their organization was rife with mismanagement and did little in 23 years, are mounting defense of their record and have dismissed attacks as politically motivated; Donald J Cogsville, former president of defunct Harlem corp, which for a generation was prime hope of redevelopment in Harlem, calls criticism from Pataki administration official a 'hostile, even careless, screed' and says h
Date: 10 May 1997
By JOSEPH BERGER
Suburbanites are thunderstruck to see big black bear prowling strip malls and backyards along Central Avenue in White Plains, New York; three-year-old male is finally tranquilized and snared on golf course near Bloomingdale's; photo; map showing path of suburban adventure; bear will get medical check before being released in Catskill Mountains (S)
Date: 10 May 1997
By JAMES BENNET
Pres Clinton stands before soaring forest in Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, and calls for world action on climate changes from greenhouse gas emissions; says world has much to learn from Costa Rica's environmental stewardship; photo with Pres Jose Maria Figueres Olsen; Clinton flies on to Barbados for Caribbean summit meeting (S)
Date: 10 May 1997
UN committee condemns Israeli technques for questioning suspected terrorists, such as violent shaking, painful restraints and sleep deprivation; Israel Amb Yosef Lamdan rejects charge that methods constitute torture; committee acknowledges Israel's 'terrible dilemma' in dealing with terrorist threats to security (S)
Date: 10 May 1997
By TERRY PRISTIN
New Jersey officials say Wall Street boom is pouring extra tax revenues into New Jersey's coffers; say that tax revenues in April were $145 million higher than anticipated when this year's budget was approved last June (S) (New Jersey Daily Briefing)
Date: 10 May 1997
By DAVID BARBOZA
Money to be made in soaring stock market is seen beginning to attract a more dangerous kind of criminal to businesses that end up fleecing investors; large returns are now bringing in stock promoters with rap sheets; example discussed of Genesis Insurance and Financial Services Inc, Chattanooga, Tenn, company whose stock has recently taken extraordinary beating, and whose chief exec is ex-felon, Mohamed Khairy Mohamed Zayed 2d; Zayed is one of several men associated with Genesis who have criminal backgrounds; beyond Genesis, several grand juries are investigating activities of small brokerage firms that have been linked to crime figures; photo; graphic (L)