Editing 1997 (section)

===January===
* [[January 1]] – The [[Emergency Alert System]] is introduced in the [[United States]].
* [[January 11]] – [[Turkey]] threatens [[Cyprus]] on account of a deal to buy [[S-300 missile system|Russian S-300 missiles]], prompting the [[Cypriot S-300 crisis|Cypriot Missile Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-23 |title=Turkey hints at strike on Cypriot missiles |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/turkey-hints-strike-cypriot-missiles-1282572.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/turkey-hints-strike-cypriot-missiles-1282572.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2021-03-08 |website=The Independent |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Murder of Ennis Cosby]]: Near [[Interstate 405 (California)]] on a [[Los Angeles]] freeway, [[Bill Cosby]]'s son Ennis is shot in the head in a failed robbery attempt.
* [[January 17]] – A [[Delta II]] rocket carrying a military [[GPS]] payload explodes, shortly after liftoff from [[Cape Canaveral]].
* [[January 18]] – In northwest [[Rwanda]], [[Hutu]] militia members kill 6 Spanish aid workers and three soldiers, and seriously wound another.
* [[January 19]] – [[Yasser Arafat]] returns to [[Hebron]] after more than 30 years, and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled [[West Bank]] city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/19/hebron.arafat/index.html |title=Arafat arrives in Hebron for 'victory' celebration |date=January 19, 1997 |website=CNN World News |access-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229161043/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/19/hebron.arafat/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> (→ [[Hebron Agreement]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Madeleine Albright]] becomes the first female Secretary of State of the United States, after confirmation by the [[United States Senate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://secretary.state.gov/www/albright/albright.html |title=Biography: Madeleine Korbel Albright |publisher=Office of the US Secretary of State |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204185811/http://secretary.state.gov/www/albright/albright.html |archive-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] – [[Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute|VJTI]] changes its name from Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute to Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai.