December 1997 calendar

December 1997
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1997.
The US president was Bill Clinton (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Tony Blair (Labour), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1997: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1997?

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
03 Dec 1997 In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.