December 1997 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
• 02 Dec 1997 MCI Center opens in Washington DC, as Washington Wizards play the Seattle SuperSonics.
• 03 Dec 1997 1776, opens at Gershwin Theater, New York City
• 04 Dec 1997 Diary of Anne Frank, opens at Music Box Theater, New York City
• 05 Dec 1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
• 07 Dec 1997 Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose win LPGA J C Penney Classic.
• 08 Dec 1997 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win.
• 09 Dec 1997 The Pokémon Trading Card Game is blessed by the Vatican for its love-thy-neighbor notion of quotintense friendship,quot for being quotfull of inventive imagination,quot and its lack of quotharmful moral side effects.quot
• 10 Dec 1997 The capital of Kazakhstan is moved from Almaty to Astana.
• 11 Dec 1997 Sunshine Boys, opens at Lyceum Theater, New York City
• 12 Dec 1997 TWA 800 hearings end
• 13 Dec 1997 63rd Heisman Trophy Award: Charles Woodson, Michigan (CB).
• 14 Dec 1997 View From the Bridge, opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
• 15 Dec 1997 The Treaty of Bangkok is signed allowing the transformation of Southeast Asia into a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone.
• 16 Dec 1997 President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, Buddy
• 17 Dec 1997 The United Kingdom commences its Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997, which extends the state's gun ban to include all handguns--with the exception of antique and show weapons.
• 18 Dec 1997 HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
• 19 Dec 1997 MTV drops video Smack My Bitch Up by Prodigy
• 21 Dec 1997 Lexus Senior Golf Challenge
• 22 Dec 1997 Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
• 23 Dec 1997 Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted Daughter of Mia Farrow
• 24 Dec 1997 The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
• 25 Dec 1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
• 26 Dec 1997 The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat explodes, creating a small tsunami offshore.
• 27 Dec 1997 54-car pileup on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, due to dense fog. One death, 30 injuries.
• 28 Dec 1997 Sting beats Hollywood Hogan for WCW Championship.
• 29 Dec 1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care
• 30 Dec 1997 The Toyota Prius, the first hybrid vehicle to go into full production, is unveiled in Japan on October 24, and goes on sale in Japan on December 9. It comes to U.S. showrooms on July 11, 2000.
• 31 Dec 1997 Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268

Famous Birthday

• Zara Larsson

  Pop Singer.

• Nash Grier

  Vine Star.

• Taylor Hickson
• Suzuka Nakamoto

  Pop Singer.

• Scarlett Estevez

  Movie Actress.

• Ruru Madrid

  TV Actor.

• Dylan Lee

  American noted family, son of Pamela Anderson and her husband Tommy Lee.

• Campaign Vier

  Instagram Star.

• Amelia Clarkson

  TV Actress.

• Benny Imprint

  YouTube Star.

• Chloe Morton

  YouTube Star.

• Alexi Blue

  Pop Singer.

• Sarai Jones

  YouTube Star.

• Crystal Shannon

  YouTube Star.

• Zabdiel De Jesus

  Pop Singer.

• Jimmy Levy

  Musical.

• Leyla Tanlar

  Instagram Star.

• Seth Degler

  YouTube Star.

• Jaira Miller

  Dancer.

• Nick Klokus

  Vine Star.

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Famous Deaths

• Chris Farley

  American comedian who died binging on booze, cocaine and heroin 12/18/1997 in his Chicago condo.

• Nicolette Larson

  singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at age 45.

• Billie Dove

  American actress (Born 1903).

• Juzo Itami

  Japanese actor and director (Born 1933).

• Eddie Chapman

  British World War II spy and double agent, aka Agent Zigzag (d. 1997).

• Richard Warwick

  Actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52.

• Lillian Billie Dove Bohney

  Actress, dies at 96.

• Tamara Geva

  Dancer, dies at 91.

• Stephane Grappelli

  French jazz violinist, dies at age 89.

• Denis Gerald Barrington

  artist, dies at age 67.

• Marian Kratochwil

  artist, dies at age 91.

• Steve Hamilton

  pitcher (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at age 63.

• David Abell Wood

  priest, dies at age 72.

• Colin Franklin

  doctor, dies at age 67.

• 76 law

  enforcement officers killed by felons in US this year.

• Violet Carlson

  stage dancer/singer, dies at age 97.

• Alan Mouncer

  film director/producer, dies at age 68.

• Shinichi Hoshi

  Japanese novelist (Born 1926).

• Kenneth William Gatland

  aerospace scientist, dies at age 73.

• Edmund Charles Wolf Myers

  soldier/engineer, dies at age 91.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
2. Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
3. Usher - You Make Me Wanna..
4. LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live
5. LSG - My Body

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!
2. Various Artists - Perfect Day
3. Aqua - Barbie Girl
4. Janet Jackson - Together Again
5. All Saints - Never Ever