Unix Timestamp: 857433600
Tuesday, March 4. 1997, 12:00:00 AM UTC

In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill more than 200.

U.S. President Bill Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.

India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader.

Pablo Picasso's "Tête de Femme" is stolen from a London gallery (recovered a week later).

The Phoenix Lights are seen over Phoenix, AZ.

The President of Guyana, Cheddi Jagan, dies in office.

The National People\'s Congress of the People's Republic of China creates a new Chongqing Municipality, out of part of Sichuan.