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Replaying Wednesday, December 17, 1997

The December 17, 1997 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 350 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.

If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 202 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, December 17, 2026, in 162 days. You have lived for 10,429 days, or about 250,303 hours, or about 15,018,232 minutes, or about 901,093,920 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Francis (Jesuit, Latin Catholic priest, chemist, theologian, writer, born December 17, 1936)
  • Sarah Paulson (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1974)
  • Milla Jovovich (actor, dressmaker, executive producer, fashion designer, fashion model, film actor, guitarist, model, nude model, poet, singer, songwriter, supermodel, television actor, voice actor, born December 17, 1975)
  • Amado Carrillo Palomino (drug trafficker, born December 17, 1956)
  • Manny Pacquiao (actor, basketball coach, basketball player, boxer, politician, singer, born December 17, 1978)
  • Katheryn Winnick (actor, martial artist, born December 17, 1977)
  • Eugene Levy (actor, character actor, comedian, director, film actor, film director, film producer, musician, screenwriter, songwriter, television producer, voice actor, writer, born December 17, 1946)
  • Richard Jewell (security guard, born December 17, 1962)
  • Simo Häyhä (dog breeder, farmer, hunter, sniper, soldier, born December 17, 1905)
  • Martin Ødegaard (association football player, born December 17, 1998)
  • Bill Pullman (film actor, film director, film producer, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1953)
  • Claire Forlani (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 17, 1972)
  • Giovanni Ribisi (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, born December 17, 1974)
  • Yann Sommer (association football player, born December 17, 1988)
  • John Abraham (actor, film actor, film producer, model, born December 17, 1972)
  • James, Viscount Severn (aristocrat, schoolchild, born December 17, 2007)
  • Chelsea Manning (activist, computer scientist, intelligence analyst, soldier, born December 17, 1987)
  • Jessi (rapper, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born December 17, 1988)
  • Riteish Deshmukh (actor, film actor, born December 17, 1978)
  • Domino Kirke (actor, doula, singer, born December 17, 1983)
  • Ernie Hudson (actor, film actor, film producer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 17, 1945)
  • Nat Wolff (actor, film actor, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1994)
  • Rian Johnson (film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born December 17, 1973)
  • Wes Studi (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 17, 1947)
  • Muhammadu Buhari (military personnel, politician, born December 17, 1942)
  • Émilie du Châtelet (linguist, mathematician, philosopher, physicist, salonnière, translator, writer, born December 17, 1706)
  • Chuck Liddell (amateur wrestler, karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial arts fighter, born December 17, 1969)
  • Laurie Holden (film actor, film producer, human rights activist, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 17, 1969)
  • Bernard Hill (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1944)
  • Paul Rodgers (guitarist, musician, singer-songwriter, born December 17, 1949)
  • Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (figure skater, born December 17, 1996)
  • Kiersey Clemons (actor, film actor, singer, television actor, born December 17, 1993)
  • André Ayew (association football player, born December 17, 1989)
  • Kyōko Sasaki (announcer, born December 17, 1972)
  • Shannon Woodward (film actor, television actor, born December 17, 1984)
  • Hu Shih (diplomat, journalist, philosopher, politician, professor, university teacher, writer, born December 17, 1891)
  • Gigi D'Agostino (composer, disc jockey, radio personality, record producer, recording artist, singer, born December 17, 1967)
  • Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (economist, politician, born December 17, 1948)
  • Armin Mueller-Stahl (film actor, film director, musician, painter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, writer, born December 17, 1930)
  • Rin Takanashi (actor, tarento, born December 17, 1988)
  • Sébastien Ogier (race car driver, born December 17, 1983)
  • Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (aristocrat, politician, born December 17, 1802)
  • Stella Tennant (model, born December 17, 1970)
  • Riho Makise (actor, seiyū, born December 17, 1971)
  • Masako Natsume (actor, model, poet, writer, born December 17, 1957)
  • Marissa Ribisi (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born December 17, 1974)
  • Nadech Kugimiya (actor, model, singer, television actor, born December 17, 1991)
  • Graham Rogers (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 17, 1990)
  • Adivi Sesh (actor, film director, screenwriter, writer, born December 17, 1985)
  • Vaslav Nijinsky (ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, dancer, diarist, drawer, born December 17, 1889)
  • Humphry Davy (chemist, geologist, inventor, photographer, physicist, poet, writer, born December 17, 1778)
  • Jaimee Foxworth (actor, film actor, model, pornographic actor, television actor, born December 17, 1979)
  • Quinton de Kock (cricketer, born December 17, 1992)
  • Buddy Hield (basketball player, born December 17, 1992)
  • Sahara Davenport (dancer, drag queen, make-up artist, born December 17, 1984)
  • Michael Farmer (businessperson, born December 17, 1944)
  • Bo Guagua (businessperson, born December 17, 1987)
  • Fumihiro Joyu (religious leader, born December 17, 1962)
  • Richard Long (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 17, 1927)
  • Eddie Kendricks (singer, singer-songwriter, born December 17, 1939)
  • Indrajith Sukumaran (actor, born December 17, 1979)
  • Igor Strelkov (journalist, military personnel, politician, born December 17, 1970)
  • Mary Brunner (librarian, born December 17, 1943)
  • Prince Joachim of Prussia (military officer, born December 17, 1890)
  • Shoma Uno (figure skater, born December 17, 1997)
  • Sean Patrick Thomas (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1970)
  • Maria I of Portugal (ruler, born December 17, 1734)
  • William Lyon Mackenzie King (diarist, diplomat, economist, journalist, lawyer, politician, born December 17, 1874)
  • Greg Kelly (military officer, reporter, television presenter, born December 17, 1968)
  • Kerry Packer (businessperson, born December 17, 1937)
  • Oxana Fedorova (actor, beauty pageant contestant, fashion designer, model, politician, singer, television presenter, born December 17, 1977)
  • Duff Goldman (chef, born December 17, 1974)
  • Takahiro Norimoto (baseball player, born December 17, 1990)
  • Neeraj Pandey (author, film director, screenwriter, born December 17, 1973)
  • Tommy Steele (film actor, guitarist, sculptor, singer, songwriter, born December 17, 1936)
  • Dynamo (entertainer, illusionist, magician, born December 17, 1982)
  • Paula Radcliffe (long-distance runner, born December 17, 1973)
  • Peter Farrelly (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television producer, born December 17, 1956)
  • Suresh Oberoi (actor, born December 17, 1946)
  • Abderrazak Hamdallah (association football player, born December 17, 1990)
  • Jayasudha (actor, politician, born December 17, 1958)
  • Maria Brink (composer, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, vocalist, born December 17, 1977)
  • Kazuya Shiraishi (film director, screenwriter, born December 17, 1974)
  • María Elena Velasco (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, singer, television actor, born December 17, 1940)
  • Sebastián Beccacece (association football manager, association football player, born December 17, 1980)
  • Snake Plissken (criminal, soldier, born December 17, 1967)
  • Petra Ecclestone (fashion designer, model, born December 17, 1988)
  • Yoshiki Mizuno (composer, lyricist, musician, born December 17, 1982)
  • George Lindsey (dub actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, born December 17, 1928)
  • Michele Tafoya (radio personality, sports commentator, born December 17, 1964)
  • Jacqueline Wilson (actor, author, autobiographer, children's writer, novelist, writer, born December 17, 1945)
  • Sara Dallin (singer, songwriter, born December 17, 1961)
  • Andrzej Zaorski (actor, born December 17, 1942)
  • Alex Dujshebaev (handball player, born December 17, 1992)
  • Paul Butterfield (singer, born December 17, 1942)
  • Chris Matthews (journalist, television presenter, writer, born December 17, 1945)
  • Kim Eui-sung (film actor, television actor, born December 17, 1965)
  • Hermine Reuss of Greiz (politician, born December 17, 1887)
  • John Kennedy Toole (author, journalist, novelist, professor, screenwriter, soldier, writer, born December 17, 1937)
  • David Rudisha (athletics competitor, middle-distance runner, born December 17, 1988)
  • Arnaud Clément (tennis coach, tennis player, born December 17, 1977)
  • Greg James (radio personality, television presenter, born December 17, 1985)
  • Mike Mills (bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, musician, pianist, record producer, songwriter, born December 17, 1958)
  • Emma Bell (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 17, 1986)
  • Sri Murali (actor, born December 17, 1981)
  • Ricky Van Veen (businessperson, born December 17, 1980)
  • Gregg Araki (cinematographer, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born December 17, 1959)
  • Richard Ng (actor, television actor, born December 17, 1939)
  • Tarako (actor, composer, screenwriter, seiyū, singer, born December 17, 1960)
  • Tim Wiese (association football player, professional wrestler, born December 17, 1981)
  • Barry Livingston (actor, television actor, born December 17, 1953)
  • Chris Hutchinson (American football player, born December 17, 1969)
  • Igor Kokoškov (basketball coach, born December 17, 1971)
  • Takahiro Ikeyama (baseball player, born December 17, 1965)
  • Takurō Nishimura (businessperson, born December 17, 1969)
  • Iván Pedroso (athletics competitor, coach, born December 17, 1972)
  • Elżbieta Witek (historian, politician, born December 17, 1957)
  • Asuka Fukuda (singer, born December 17, 1984)
  • Kay Burley (journalist, novelist, presenter, television presenter, writer, born December 17, 1960)
  • Valeri Liukin (artistic gymnast, born December 17, 1966)
  • Stephen Lewis (actor, comedian, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1936)
  • Mykola Azarov (economist, politician, statesperson, university teacher, born December 17, 1947)
  • Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (diplomat, military personnel, politician, born December 17, 1810)
  • Marc Lamont Hill (author, journalist, peace activist, screenwriter, television presenter, university teacher, writer, born December 17, 1978)
  • Juliet Aubrey (film actor, stage actor, born December 17, 1966)
  • Leonid Bronevoy (actor, born December 17, 1928)
  • Mohammad Hidayatullah (barrister, judge, politician, born December 17, 1905)
  • Yuria Satomi (AV idol, born December 17, 1984)
  • Bob Guccione (film producer, photographer, screenwriter, born December 17, 1930)
  • Tolgahan Sayışman (actor, model, presenter, born December 17, 1981)
  • John Rooney (association football player, born December 17, 1990)
  • Charlotte Schwab (film actor, stage actor, born December 17, 1952)
  • Mako Oda (AV idol, pornographic actor, born December 17, 1984)
  • Jeffrey Wigand (biochemist, chemist, consultant, scientist, born December 17, 1942)
  • Antanas Guoga (poker player, politician, born December 17, 1973)
  • Chase Utley (baseball player, born December 17, 1978)
  • Christopher Cazenove (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 17, 1945)
  • Yuko Arimori (long-distance runner, born December 17, 1966)
  • Ryuichi Ogata (dancer, singer, born December 17, 1985)
  • Marilia Andrés Casares (singer, born December 17, 1974)
  • Nick Dinsmore (professional wrestler, born December 17, 1975)
  • Sally Menke (film editor, born December 17, 1953)
  • Susanthika Jayasinghe (athletics competitor, sprinter, born December 17, 1975)
  • Taylor York (composer, guitarist, musician, percussionist, born December 17, 1989)
  • Wolfram Grandezka (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 17, 1969)
  • Tomomi Nishimura (actor, tarento, born December 17, 1970)
  • Shinsuke Suematsu (politician, born December 17, 1955)
  • Jan Evangelista Purkyně (anatomist, biologist, naturalist, neurologist, philosopher, physician, physiologist, poet, translator, university teacher, writer, born December 17, 1787)
  • Shabnur (actor, film actor, born December 17, 1979)
  • Svetlana Bondarchuk (actor, businessperson, contributing editor, costume designer, editor-in-chief, entrepreneur, fashion model, model, presenter, publisher, television presenter, born December 17, 1968)

17th of December 1997 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 17, 1997

Race, Reporters and Responsibility

Date: 17 December 1997

By Gay Talese

Gay Talese

Gay Talese Op-Ed article scores reporters who suggest that Latrell Sprewell was reacting to racism when he tried to choke P J Carlesimo, his white coach at Golden State Warriors, or that the punishment he received from team and National Basketball Association was tainted with racism; cartoon (M)

Full Article

Spano to Plead Guilty to Charges

Date: 17 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Former New York Islanders owner John A Spano, in plea bargain agreement, to plead guilty to fraud charges rather than be charged with more serious crimes (S)

Full Article

WHITMAN, PREPARING FOR SPINOFFS, DECLARES DIVIDENDS

Date: 18 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Board of Whitman Corp declares dividend of stock in Hussmann Corp and Midas International as part of planned spinoff of businesses as Whitman focuses on its Pepsi-Cola bottling operations (S)

Full Article

WINSTAR PLANS TO ACQUIRE BULK OF MIDCOM ASSETS

Date: 18 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Winstar Communications Inc agrees to buy most of assets of Midcom Communications Inc for $92 million in cash; agreement must be approved by bankruptcy court where Midcom filed for Chapter 11 protection on Nov 7 (S)

Full Article

ITEQ IN DEAL FOR MATRIX, AN OILFIELD SERVICES COMPANY

Date: 18 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Iteq Inc says it agreed to buy Matrix Service Co for about $95 million in cash and stock (S)

Full Article

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES TO EXPAND INTO PUERTO RICO

Date: 17 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Universal Health Services Inc to acquire Hospital San Pablo Inc and chain of hospitals owned by that company; deal is valued at $100 million (S)

Full Article

LINCOLN NATIONAL TO TAKE CHARGE FOR LOSSES IN BRITAIN

Date: 17 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Lincoln National Corp will take $287 million after-tax charge in fourth quarter to cover pension sales practices liabilities and reinsurance losses in Britain (S)

Full Article

DONNELLEY TO TAKE TWO CHARGES TOTALING $103 MILLION

Date: 17 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

R R Donnelley & Sons Co will take two fourth-quarter charges totaling $103 million (S)

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S.E.C. Examines Insider Trading at Oxford

Date: 18 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Oxford Health Plans Inc says Securities and Exchange Commission has requested documents in connection with at least $38 million of Oxford's shares sold by insiders months before stock plummeted from near-record highs; Oxford's chairman, Stephen F Wiggins, calls this 'customary document review' of company files backing up insider sales by SEC officials; matter has also drawn attention of New York Attorney General's office and lawyers for investors; at least 13 investors have accused Wiggins and other Oxford executives of withholding news about problems to prop up stock price while they sold large blocks of shares (M)

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Host Marriott Acquisition

Date: 18 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Host Marriott Corp says it will buy Coronado Island Le Meridien in Coronado, Calif, for $54.4 million; hotel will be renamed Coronado Island Marriott Resort and be managed by Marriott International Inc (S)

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