Examples of using "1997" in a sentence and their english translations:
Starting in 1997, the minimum wage sat at $5.15 an hour for 10 years.
When Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1997, Hong Kong and China made an agreement
In 1997, in a second match (the first one had occurred the year before), IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeated Grand Master Garry Kasparov by 3.5 X 2.5.
Deep Blue, a supercomputer created by IBM in the nineties to play chess at the highest level, was retired (destroyed?) after the second match, played in 1997, against Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. Much controversy still exists around these historical matches.