1997

Timeline

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Based on dates given in the games

1798, 1842, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 1997.

Game World

GTA 1 Era

• Samuel Deever is discharged from the Police Service.

GTA 2 Era

• Johnny Zoo is arrested on Hello Sushi Bar Massacre, and is released on $2 million bail.
• Danny Zoo is arrested and charged of multiple murders in a gambling den. He is released on a technicality.
• Jerkov is arrested on possession of heroin. He is acquitted when the evidence lost.
• Kov-Kov is suspected of causing an explosion at the police headquarters.
• Lodov massacres a rival gang in broad daylight. The only witness dies.

GTA III Era

• Mayor Roger C. Hole is involved in yet another scandal. This time, Hole is accused of securing drugs for city officials in exchange for sanitation contracts.
• Momma's Restaurante is voted one of Liberty City's top 100 Sicilian-American Restaurants.

GTA IV Era

• Zachary Tyler is born.
• Charles Martin is arrested for embezzlement.
• Jermaine Andrews is arrested for grand theft auto.
• Gavin Finkle is arrested for prostitution.

Real World

• Grand Theft Auto is released for the PC.