Theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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Theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Gainax's The End of Evangelion opens in Japan, a theatrical film providing an alternate, more conclusive ending to the TV series as NERV comes under full assault from SEELE while Shinji, Asuka, and the rest confront the Human Instrumentality Project.
Renton Municipal Airport, West Perimeter Road, Renton, King County, Washington, 98057, United States
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing's same-day release is headlined "Longest Boeing 737 Makes First Flight" and dated 31 July 1997; Aviation Week's[8] 31 July 1997 preview and Wikipedia[2] agree.
The first 737-800, then the longest 737 at 129 ft 6 in, took off from Renton Municipal Airport at 9 a.m. PDT on 31 July 1997 and landed at Boeing Field after 3 hours 5 minutes.
Boeing 3-390, 7500, East Marginal Way South, Van Asselt, Georgetown, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98108, United StatesBoeing
Boeing, 31 July 1997: "the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas will become effective at 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Aug. 1, 1997. Value of the transaction is $16.3 billion."[1]
Boeing and McDonnell Douglas merged at 12:01 a.m. EDT on 1 August 1997 in a US$16.3 billion stock deal, uniting the makers of the 737 and 747 with the DC-9, DC-10 and MD-11 line.
$16.3B
Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac, Avenue du Parc, Cantegril, Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, 31700, France
Airbus
Airways: "8/13/1997: Airbus[2] A330-200 Takes to the Skies" (prototype F-WWCB from Toulouse-Blagnac); flugzeuginfo lists "First Flight 13.08.1997"; Gulf News[4] of 15 August 1997 reports the four-hour first flight; Flight International had forecast "maiden flight in August 1997".
The shortened A330-200 made its maiden flight from Toulouse on 13 August 1997, a four-hour sortie that opened a 630-hour test programme. It was Airbus's answer to the Boeing 767-300ER, with 12,000 km of range.
11F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
The exact Kyoto Isetan 11F branch’s operator-managed Gurunavi listing explicitly gives September 11, 1997 as its opening date; the operator corporate history independently confirms the Kyoto opening in 1997. October 16, 2026 was the research date, not this branch opening.[1]
Kyoto Isetan’s chinese venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Shanghai crab-miso and mushroom braised noodles.
6F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Gion Tsujiri’s[2] operator history explicitly dates Saryo Tsujiri Kyoto Isetan to 1997. September 11 is an estimated timeline anchor based on the host department store’s documented opening in that year; neither the restaurant opening month nor its exact day is independently verified. The brand’s 1860 founding and 1978 Gion tea-room opening are not this branch’s opening. October 16, 2026 was the research date, not this branch opening.
Kyoto Isetan’s tea / parfaits venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Shuka autumn parfait.
11F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Moritaya’s corporate history explicitly dates its Kyoto Isetan sukiyaki restaurant opening to September 1997. September 11 is an estimated day anchored to the department-store opening within that verified branch opening month; the exact restaurant day is unverified. The separate B2 meat counter opened in June 2016. October 16, 2026 was the research date, not this branch opening.[1]
Kyoto Isetan’s sukiyaki venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Kiwami sukiyaki.
9F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Star Shokudo’s operator history explicitly lists Ichiba Koji JR Kyoto Isetan’s opening on September 11, 1997, in the ninth-floor open-view restaurant space.[1]
An established Kyoto Isetan venue with a verified seasonal menu: Kyoto duck sukiyaki.
11F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
The founder’s first-person account in Japan Beans Association’s Mame magazine dates this exact Kyoto Isetan 11F restaurant’s opening to September 1997. September 11 is an estimated day inferred from JR West’s documented September 11 opening of the host department store, within the founder’s verified opening month; the restaurant’s exact day is not independently confirmed. October 16, 2026 was a research date, not the restaurant opening.[1]
Kyoto Isetan’s tofu / yuba venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Sesame-soymilk yuba shabu hotpot.
11F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
A firsthand August 2012 review of this exact 11F Wako branch says the customer had repeatedly visited since Kyoto Isetan opened in Heisei 9 (1997). This supports opening-era operation in 1997; September 11 is an estimated timeline anchor to the documented department-store opening, not an independently verified restaurant month/day. Original operator opening-day confirmation remains a research gap. The B2 takeaway counter is a separate unit. October 16, 2026 was the research date, not this restaurant opening.[1]
Kyoto Isetan’s tonkatsu venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Momiji seasonal set.
11F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
A firsthand customer history explicitly recalls dining at Seio-tei from the Kyoto store’s September 1997 opening. The branch opening month is supported by that retrospective account; September 11 is an estimated day anchored to the documented department-store opening, not an independently verified restaurant day. Operator confirmation remains a research gap. October 16, 2026 was the research date, not this branch opening.[1]
Kyoto Isetan’s yoshoku venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Japanese Black sirloin steak and choice of yoshoku with autumn vegetables.
11F JR Kyoto Isetan, 901 Higashishiokoji-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
An October 2014 interview by dining writer Kazuhiro Soga, published by Yuasa Soy Sauce, explicitly says this exact Kyoto Isetan 11F Aoi Chaya opened when Kyoto Station was renewed in Heisei 9 (1997). This supports the branch opening year. September 11 is an estimated timeline anchor to the documented Kyoto Isetan opening, not an independently verified restaurant month/day; exact-day operator confirmation remains a precision gap. October 16, 2026 was the research date, not this restaurant opening.[1]
Kyoto Isetan’s japanese venue offers a verified, dated autumn menu: Shugyo autumn set.
Dundee Road, Slough Trading Estate, Cippenham, Chalvey, Slough, England, SL1 4LG, United Kingdom
Mars, Incorporated
Marketing Week[1], 25 Sep 1997: 'Last week it launched Celebrations' - so the launch fell in the week of 15-21 September 1997; 15 September is the anchor for that week, the exact day is not stated.
Mars launched Celebrations, a box of miniature versions of its countline brands, in Britain in the week before 25 September 1997, aiming for every adult to have seen the logo by Christmas.
Broadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
The 1997 TV adaptation of Kentaro Miura's dark fantasy manga Berserk begins airing, following mercenary swordsman Guts on a revenge-driven hunt for the corrupt king of Midland and the demonic Band of the Falcon that betrayed him.
Bruce A Nuclear Generating Station, Tiverton, Ontario, Canada
The source explicitly dates this event.
Unit 1 enters long-term shutdown two years after Unit 2.
Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "the Guggenheim[3] Museum Bilbao was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spain."
Frank Gehry's titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened in October 1997, reviving a struggling industrial city and popularizing the aircraft-design software that made its curved form buildable.
$100M
Boeing Field, 7277, Perimeter Road South, Rainier Valley, Seattle, King County, Washington, 98108, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing's release dated Dec 17, 1997: "Southwest Airlines today became the world's first airline to take delivery of a Next-Generation Boeing 737-700."[1]
Southwest Airlines became the first airline to take a Next-Generation 737-700 on December 17, 1997, at Boeing Field, four years after launching the program with an order for 63 aircraft.
Level 1, City Wing, Shangri-La Qingdao, 9 Xianggang Middle Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, China
Shang Palace is in the City Wing, the original Shangri-La[1][2] Qingdao hotel, listed as built 1997 (refurbished 2007-2008); no restaurant-specific date found and the exact 1997 opening day is not confirmed. The Valley Wing (not this restaurant's wing) opened March 2008, and the restaurant may have been relocated or renovated since. Estimated: 1997 is a best estimate and 1997-12-31 is used only as a period-end sorting date, not a confirmed opening day.
Cantonese and regional dishes with local seafood at Shangri-La Qingdao.
Shangri-La Dalian, 66 Renmin Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian, Liaoning, China
The hotel opened December 1997 (Baidu Baike). i Café is the all-day dining outlet, presumably original but possibly renamed or refitted in the 2006/2008 renovation; no outlet-specific date found. Estimated: 1997-12 is a best estimate and 1997-12-31 is used only as a period-end sorting date, not a confirmed opening day.[1]
International buffet stations with sashimi and current operator-published buffet prices.
Shangri-La Dalian, 66 Renmin Road, Zhongshan District, Dalian, Liaoning, China
Shangri-La[1][2] Hotel Dalian opened in December 1997 per Baidu Baike (booking pages give 1997-12-01 / 1997-12-03). Shang Palace is the hotel's original Chinese restaurant presumably opening with it; no restaurant-specific date or refit date was found, and the hotel was refurbished around 2006/2008. Estimated: 1997-12 is a best estimate and 1997-12-31 is used only as a period-end sorting date, not a confirmed opening day.
Dalian seafood with Cantonese preparations, backed by a currently linked branch menu and signature photographs.
Allseas[3]' own fleet page states Solitaire has operated "since her launch in 1998"; only the year is documented, not an exact day.
MV Solitaire, converted from a 1972 bulk carrier into a 300-metre pipelaying ship, entered service for Allseas in 1998 and became the world's largest and most powerful pipelay vessel.
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
Wikipedia[2] gives an exact date: "Water delivery officially began on 22 January 1998," after the Katse Dam was completed in 1996 and its reservoir filled by 1997.
Water begins flowing from the newly completed Katse Dam through the Lesotho Highlands Water Project to Johannesburg, the first payment on a 1986 treaty that turns Lesotho’s rainfall into its biggest export.
ZAR 9.3B
rwy 15/33, Downsview, York Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario, M3K 1R6, CanadaBombardier Aerospace
Canadian Aviation Museum[1]: "The First flight of the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 occurred on 31-January-1998"; Airport-Technology[4]: "had its first flight in 1998".
The stretched 70 to 78-seat Dash 8 Q400 flew for the first time on 31 January 1998, three years after the programme launch, with 5,071 shp PW150A engines and a 360-knot maximum cruise.
Premiere date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Artland releases the first episode of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden OVA, a collection of side stories set before the main series that trace Reinhard von Lohengramm's rise through the Galactic Empire's command.
1270, 6th Avenue, Theater District, Manhattan Community Board 5, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10020, United States
Recording Academy
GRAMMY.com[1][4]: 'The 40th GRAMMY Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Feb. 25, 1998'; Billboard[2]: 'took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Feb. 25, 1998'. No start time given, so all-day.
At the 40th Grammy Awards on 25 February 1998 at Radio City Music Hall, Bob Dylan's Time Out of Mind won Album of the Year, Shawn Colvin won Record and Song of the Year and Paula Cole Best New Artist, in a show remembered for Aretha Franklin's last-minute "Nessun Dorma" and a shirtless "Soy Bomb" intruder on Dylan's performance.
Japanese theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Perfect Blue releases in Japanese theaters, Satoshi Kon's directorial debut for Madhouse, a psychological thriller about a retiring pop idol whose grip on reality frays as a stalker and an impersonator blur the line between her old and new selves.
The source[1] gives the month only: "It was opened in March 1998 under the management of Chef Andoni Aduriz." A month-only date sits on that month's last day.
Andoni Luis Aduriz opened his Basque restaurant in Gipuzkoa in March 1998. Restaurant Magazine has counted it among the world's best since 2006, ranking it as high as fourth.
Broadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Sunrise's Cowboy Bebop begins airing, a genre-blending space-western following bounty hunters Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, and their crew aboard the ship Bebop.
Citigroup
Deseret[1] News (dated 1998-04-07) says the companies "agreed Monday"; 6 April 1998 was a Monday, and Wikipedia[2] states "On April 6, 1998, Citicorp and Travelers announced a merger".
On Monday 6 April 1998 Citicorp and Travelers Group announced a merger valued at about US$70 billion in stock, then the largest in history, creating the world's largest financial services company, Citigroup.