Unix Timestamp: 868233600
Monday, July 7. 1997, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in Ermua, Spain and murdered by the ETA.

NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.

The Great Flood begins in southern Poland.

In London, scientists report their DNA analysis findings from a Neanderthal skeleton, which support the out of Africa theory of human evolution, placing an African Eve at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.

Mayo Clinic researchers warn that the dieting drug fen-phen can cause severe heart and lung damage.