Taken from the DHS 1997 Yearbook, news headlines from A to Z:
- A: Affirmative action laws repealed, voters in California voted to stop this program
- B: Bombing of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
- C: Cosby's son murdered near Los Angeles
- D: Disney's Mainstreet Electrical Parade ended
- E: Ebonics, Oakland school board started a controversy by voting to include the teaching of ebonics
- F: Fire at the Oakland Coliseum
- G: George Burns died at the age of 100
- H: Herb Caen, San Francisco columnist, died
- I: Inauguration, Bill Clinton became the last president elected in the 20th Century
- J: Jon Benet Ramsey, a 6 year old "beauty queen," was murdered and made front page news
- K: Knee surgery for President Clinton
- L: LeAnn Rimes became a 14 year old superstar when she won the Grammy
- M: Madonna had a baby
- N: Newt Gingrich is reelected as the speaker of the House, amid ethics investigation
- O: O.J. Simpson was found responsible for two murders in his civil trial
- P: Princess Diana and Prince Charles officially divorced
- Q: Quest to follow Earhart launched by female pilot
- R: Rapstars TuPac and Notorious B.I.G. died
- S: Starwars, the movie, returned to the big screen
- T: Tickle-me-Elmo became the must-have toy
- U: United Nations voted to send peace-keeping troops to war weary Bosnia
- V: Value Jet crashed in the marshes of Florida
- W: William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet became a popular movie
- X: X-Files, a popular television show, won the Golden Globe Award
- Y: Yosemite closed due to heavy flooding
- Z: Zebra was born to a horse due to cloning experiments