The December 20, 1997 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 353 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 Saturday, December 20, 2025, 200 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, December 20, 2026, in 164 days. You have lived for 10,427 days, or about 250,253 hours, or about 15,015,202 minutes, or about 900,912,120 seconds.
Date: 21 December 1997
Prof Stephen Gillers letter disputes Gay Talese's December 17 Op-Ed article scoring reporters for suggesting that Golden State Warriors basketball player, Latrell Sprewell, was reacting to racism when he assaulted coach, P J Carlesimo (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Date: 20 December 1997
Govt commission that oversees behavior of press in Britain publishes new code of conduct seeking to curb invasions of privacy, intrusions into grief, harassment of photo subjects and exploitation of children (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Boris N Yeltsin's doctors say that ailing Yeltsin, who is suffering from viral infection, will have to spend extra week in sanatorium (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Former Sen Alan K Simpson is named director of Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government; he succeeds Philip R Sharp, who returns to full-time teaching at Kennedy School (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Cholera epidemic that as affected over 60,000 people in East Africa continues to spread; death toll in Uganda, previously free of disease for 25 years, rises to 77; World Health Organization says torrential rains, poor sanitation and inadequate medical response aggravate epidemic (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Cambodia postpones its scheduled May election for at least two months, in sign of continuing political turmoil after coup in July (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Former Pres P W Botha again defies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ignoring third subpoena to appear before panel to answer questions about how many apartheid-era atrocities were sanctioned by Govt (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Prof Stephen Gillers letter disputes Gay Talese's December 17 Op-Ed article scoring reporters for suggesting that Golden State Warriors basketball player, Latrell Sprewell, was reacting to racism when he assaulted coach, P J Carlesimo (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Date: 20 December 1997
Govt commission that oversees behavior of press in Britain publishes new code of conduct seeking to curb invasions of privacy, intrusions into grief, harassment of photo subjects and exploitation of children (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Boris N Yeltsin's doctors say that ailing Yeltsin, who is suffering from viral infection, will have to spend extra week in sanatorium (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Former Sen Alan K Simpson is named director of Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government; he succeeds Philip R Sharp, who returns to full-time teaching at Kennedy School (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Cholera epidemic that as affected over 60,000 people in East Africa continues to spread; death toll in Uganda, previously free of disease for 25 years, rises to 77; World Health Organization says torrential rains, poor sanitation and inadequate medical response aggravate epidemic (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Cambodia postpones its scheduled May election for at least two months, in sign of continuing political turmoil after coup in July (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Former Pres P W Botha again defies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ignoring third subpoena to appear before panel to answer questions about how many apartheid-era atrocities were sanctioned by Govt (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Prof Stephen Gillers letter disputes Gay Talese's December 17 Op-Ed article scoring reporters for suggesting that Golden State Warriors basketball player, Latrell Sprewell, was reacting to racism when he assaulted coach, P J Carlesimo (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Date: 20 December 1997
Govt commission that oversees behavior of press in Britain publishes new code of conduct seeking to curb invasions of privacy, intrusions into grief, harassment of photo subjects and exploitation of children (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Boris N Yeltsin's doctors say that ailing Yeltsin, who is suffering from viral infection, will have to spend extra week in sanatorium (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Former Sen Alan K Simpson is named director of Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government; he succeeds Philip R Sharp, who returns to full-time teaching at Kennedy School (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Cholera epidemic that as affected over 60,000 people in East Africa continues to spread; death toll in Uganda, previously free of disease for 25 years, rises to 77; World Health Organization says torrential rains, poor sanitation and inadequate medical response aggravate epidemic (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Cambodia postpones its scheduled May election for at least two months, in sign of continuing political turmoil after coup in July (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Former Pres P W Botha again defies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ignoring third subpoena to appear before panel to answer questions about how many apartheid-era atrocities were sanctioned by Govt (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Prof Stephen Gillers letter disputes Gay Talese's December 17 Op-Ed article scoring reporters for suggesting that Golden State Warriors basketball player, Latrell Sprewell, was reacting to racism when he assaulted coach, P J Carlesimo (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Date: 20 December 1997
Govt commission that oversees behavior of press in Britain publishes new code of conduct seeking to curb invasions of privacy, intrusions into grief, harassment of photo subjects and exploitation of children (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Boris N Yeltsin's doctors say that ailing Yeltsin, who is suffering from viral infection, will have to spend extra week in sanatorium (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Former Sen Alan K Simpson is named director of Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government; he succeeds Philip R Sharp, who returns to full-time teaching at Kennedy School (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Cholera epidemic that as affected over 60,000 people in East Africa continues to spread; death toll in Uganda, previously free of disease for 25 years, rises to 77; World Health Organization says torrential rains, poor sanitation and inadequate medical response aggravate epidemic (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Cambodia postpones its scheduled May election for at least two months, in sign of continuing political turmoil after coup in July (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Former Pres P W Botha again defies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ignoring third subpoena to appear before panel to answer questions about how many apartheid-era atrocities were sanctioned by Govt (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Prof Stephen Gillers letter disputes Gay Talese's December 17 Op-Ed article scoring reporters for suggesting that Golden State Warriors basketball player, Latrell Sprewell, was reacting to racism when he assaulted coach, P J Carlesimo (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Date: 20 December 1997
Govt commission that oversees behavior of press in Britain publishes new code of conduct seeking to curb invasions of privacy, intrusions into grief, harassment of photo subjects and exploitation of children (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Boris N Yeltsin's doctors say that ailing Yeltsin, who is suffering from viral infection, will have to spend extra week in sanatorium (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Former Sen Alan K Simpson is named director of Institute of Politics at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government; he succeeds Philip R Sharp, who returns to full-time teaching at Kennedy School (S)
Date: 21 December 1997
Cholera epidemic that as affected over 60,000 people in East Africa continues to spread; death toll in Uganda, previously free of disease for 25 years, rises to 77; World Health Organization says torrential rains, poor sanitation and inadequate medical response aggravate epidemic (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Cambodia postpones its scheduled May election for at least two months, in sign of continuing political turmoil after coup in July (S)
Date: 20 December 1997
Former Pres P W Botha again defies South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, ignoring third subpoena to appear before panel to answer questions about how many apartheid-era atrocities were sanctioned by Govt (S)