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The December 30, 1997 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 363 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 Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 189 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 30, 2026, in 175 days. You have lived for 10,416 days, or about 249,995 hours, or about 14,999,752 minutes, or about 899,985,120 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • LeBron James (basketball player, screenwriter, television actor, born December 30, 1984)
  • V (dancer, record producer, singer-songwriter, television actor, born December 30, 1995)
  • Tiger Woods (animal trainer, golfer, writer, born December 30, 1975)
  • Kevin Systrom (computer scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, born December 30, 1983)
  • Hideki Tojo (diplomat, military officer, politician, born December 30, 1884)
  • Rudyard Kipling (author, autobiographer, children's writer, journalist, novelist, poet, science fiction writer, screenwriter, war correspondent, writer, born December 30, 1865)
  • Tyrese Gibson (actor, composer, disc jockey, film actor, film producer, model, musician, rapper, singer, television actor, born December 30, 1978)
  • Mike Pompeo (business executive, businessperson, lawyer, military officer, politician, born December 30, 1963)
  • Kristin Kreuk (actor, film actor, film producer, karateka, manufacturer, television actor, born December 30, 1982)
  • Eliza Dushku (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 30, 1980)
  • Patti Smith (composer, drawer, guitarist, human rights activist, musician, performance artist, photographer, poet, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, visual artist, writer, born December 30, 1946)
  • Michael Nesmith (film actor, film producer, guitarist, musician, novelist, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1942)
  • Andra Day (composer, musician, singer, born December 30, 1984)
  • Joe Root (cricketer, born December 30, 1990)
  • Davy Jones (actor, film actor, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1945)
  • Laila Ali (boxer, television personality, born December 30, 1977)
  • Carson Wentz (American football player, born December 30, 1992)
  • Ellie Goulding (actor, composer, drummer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, pianist, record producer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 30, 1986)
  • Jeff Lynne (composer, drummer, guitarist, pianist, record producer, recording artist, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1947)
  • Matt Lauer (actor, journalist, news presenter, television presenter, born December 30, 1957)
  • Sean Hannity (journalist, politician, radio personality, television presenter, writer, born December 30, 1961)
  • Umm Kulthum (actor, film actor, singer, born December 30, 1898)
  • Alessandra Mussolini (film actor, model, musician, politician, born December 30, 1962)
  • Jameis Winston (American football player, baseball player, born December 30, 1994)
  • Lucy Punch (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 30, 1977)
  • Jay Kay (musician, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1969)
  • Robert Hossein (actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter, writer, born December 30, 1927)
  • Camila Giorgi (tennis player, born December 30, 1991)
  • Ashley Zukerman (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1983)
  • Tracey Ullman (comedian, dancer, film actor, recording artist, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, television director, television producer, voice actor, born December 30, 1959)
  • Ben Johnson (athletics competitor, sprinter, born December 30, 1961)
  • Russ Tamblyn (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1934)
  • Ahmed III (poet, politician, ruler, born December 30, 1673)
  • Ollie Watkins (association football player, born December 30, 1995)
  • W. Eugene Smith (journalist, photographer, photojournalist, war photographer, born December 30, 1918)
  • Caity Lotz (Thai boxer, actor, dancer, film actor, model, singer, stunt performer, taekwondo athlete, television actor, television director, born December 30, 1986)
  • Fred Ward (actor, film actor, film producer, model, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1942)
  • Rutilio Torres Mantecón (television presenter, born December 30, 1976)
  • Sandy Koufax (baseball player, television actor, born December 30, 1935)
  • Paolo Villaggio (actor, comedian, director, film director, politician, screenwriter, television presenter, writer, born December 30, 1932)
  • Nacho Vidal (film actor, model, pornographic actor, pornographic film director, spanish legionary, television actor, born December 30, 1973)
  • Jessica Springsteen (equestrian, born December 30, 1991)
  • Jack Lord (film actor, film director, film producer, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1920)
  • Heidi Fleiss (actor, businessperson, prostitute, born December 30, 1965)
  • Ramana Maharshi (philosopher, writer, born December 30, 1879)
  • Daniel Sunjata (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1971)
  • Yelawolf (rapper, singer, songwriter, born December 30, 1979)
  • Alix Klineman (beach volleyball player, volleyball player, born December 30, 1989)
  • Kim Hae-suk (actor, film actor, born December 30, 1955)
  • Meredith Monroe (film actor, television actor, born December 30, 1969)
  • Bo Diddley (composer, guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1928)
  • Tu Youyou (chemist, inventor, pharmacist, pharmacologist, university teacher, born December 30, 1930)
  • Gordon Banks (association football manager, association football player, autobiographer, born December 30, 1937)
  • Kenyon Martin (basketball player, born December 30, 1977)
  • Masaccio (painter, born December 21, 1401)
  • Bjarne Stroustrup (computer scientist, engineer, programmer, university teacher, writer, born December 30, 1950)
  • Del Shannon (guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 30, 1934)
  • Jillian Harris (television presenter, born December 30, 1979)
  • Meredith Vieira (journalist, television presenter, voice actor, writer, born December 30, 1953)
  • Theodor Fontane (historian, journalist, novelist, pharmacist, poet, translator, writer, born December 30, 1819)
  • Sakura Fujiwara (actor, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1995)
  • Dominic Fike (singer, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1995)
  • Ryan Sheckler (actor, film actor, skateboarder, born December 30, 1989)
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph (film actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 30, 1956)
  • George Newbern (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 30, 1964)
  • Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (military personnel, politician, born December 30, 1890)
  • Jason Behr (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 30, 1973)
  • Berti Vogts (association football manager, association football player, born December 30, 1946)
  • Chris Vance (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 30, 1971)
  • Celia Walden (columnist, journalist, memoirist, novelist, writer, born December 30, 1976)
  • Joanna Pacuła (actor, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1957)
  • Asa Griggs Candler (entrepreneur, politician, born December 30, 1851)
  • Anna Wood (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 30, 1985)
  • Jeanette Nolan (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 30, 1911)
  • Natsumi Ogawa (actor, tarento, born December 30, 1962)
  • Philippe Cousteau (explorer, photographer, born December 30, 1940)
  • Dave England (actor, snowboarder, stunt performer, born December 30, 1969)
  • Johanna Sällström (actor, film actor, born December 30, 1974)
  • Skeeter Davis (children's writer, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, writer, born December 30, 1931)
  • Jena Sims (film actor, model, born December 30, 1988)
  • Daniil Kharms (author, children's writer, playwright, poet, prosaist, satirist, science fiction writer, writer, born December 30, 1905)
  • Domenico Criscito (association football player, born December 30, 1986)
  • Selton Mello (actor, film director, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born December 30, 1972)
  • Yoon Bo-ra (actor, dancer, film actor, model, rapper, singer, born December 30, 1989)
  • Lloyd Kaufman (actor, cinematographer, composer, film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter, born December 30, 1945)
  • Faye Marsay (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 30, 1986)
  • Fénix (professional wrestler, born December 30, 1990)
  • Dündar Aliosman (aristocrat, born December 30, 1930)
  • Sophie Ward (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 30, 1964)
  • Kim Sul-song (politician, born December 30, 1974)
  • Carol Reed (film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, born December 30, 1906)
  • Seda Sayan (actor, singer, born December 30, 1961)
  • Bill Kazmaier (powerlifter, professional wrestler, strongman, born December 30, 1953)
  • Al Smith (politician, born December 30, 1873)
  • Kausalya (actor, television actor, born December 30, 1979)
  • Omar Bongo (politician, soldier, born December 30, 1935)
  • Osman Hamdi Bey (anthropologist, archaeologist, art historian, painter, politician, born December 30, 1842)
  • Jeff Ward (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 30, 1986)
  • Yun Dong-ju (poet, born December 30, 1917)
  • Enea Bastianini (motorcycle rider, born December 30, 1997)
  • Paul Stookey (banjoist, guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1937)
  • Bennett Miller (cinematographer, film director, film producer, born December 30, 1966)
  • Joseph Bologna (actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, writer, born December 30, 1934)
  • Kirill Pletnev (actor, film actor, film director, film editor, film producer, manufacturer, screenwriter, television actor, born December 30, 1979)
  • KenKen (bassist, composer, lyricist, music producer, born December 30, 1985)
  • John van 't Schip (association football manager, association football player, born December 30, 1963)
  • Gilmar Mendes (judge, politician, university teacher, born December 30, 1955)
  • Louise Monot (actor, film actor, model, born December 30, 1981)
  • Max Gawn (Australian rules football player, born December 30, 1991)
  • Jonatan Valle (association football player, born December 30, 1984)
  • Takeshi Kaikō (contributing editor, journalist, peace activist, prosaist, screenwriter, writer, born December 30, 1930)
  • Camille O'Sullivan (actor, architect, painter, singer, stage actor, born December 30, 1974)
  • Roger Benitez (judge, lawyer, born December 30, 1950)
  • Valentina Legkostupova (manufacturer, music pedagogue, record producer, singer, born December 30, 1965)
  • Vladimir Bukovsky (dissident, human rights activist, politician, writer, born December 30, 1942)
  • Andrea Tantaros (columnist, journalist, born December 30, 1978)
  • Jason Molina (guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 30, 1973)
  • Ebussuud Effendi (Islamic jurist, judge, mufti, teacher, born December 21, 1490)
  • Rhianna Pratchett (journalist, screenwriter, video game writer, writer, born December 30, 1976)
  • Paul Bowles (author, composer, music critic, photographer, translator, writer, born December 30, 1910)
  • Tommy Clufetos (musician, born December 30, 1979)
  • Ato Boldon (athletics competitor, politician, sprinter, born December 30, 1973)
  • Kerry Collins (American football player, born December 30, 1972)
  • José Luis Manzano (actor, film actor, born December 30, 1963)
  • Ali Al-Habsi (association football player, born December 30, 1981)
  • Petr Rykov (film actor, stage actor, born December 30, 1981)
  • Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (author, journalist, lawyer, politician, born December 30, 1887)
  • Claudia di Girolamo (actor, dramaturge, theatrical director, born December 30, 1956)
  • Eddie Edwards (professional wrestler, born December 30, 1983)
  • Austin Osman Spare (artist, painter, writer, born December 30, 1886)
  • C. S. Lee (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 30, 1971)
  • Thomas D (rapper, born December 30, 1968)
  • Kenny Kwan (actor, singer, born December 30, 1980)
  • Diego Della Valle (chief executive officer, entrepreneur, lawyer, born December 30, 1953)
  • Akosua Busia (actor, film actor, film director, novelist, screenwriter, songwriter, writer, born December 30, 1966)
  • Kelli Finglass (choreographer, dancer, television producer, born December 30, 1964)
  • Jake Cuenca (association football player, model, television actor, born December 30, 1987)
  • Dyanfres Douglas Chagas Matos (association football player, born December 30, 1987)
  • Felix Pappalardi (composer, musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, born December 30, 1939)
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky (choreographer, classical composer, conductor, film score composer, music pedagogue, musicologist, pianist, politician, public figure, university teacher, born December 30, 1904)
  • Haley Paige (actor, film actor, pornographic actor, born December 30, 1981)
  • James Burrows (film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director, television producer, born December 30, 1940)
  • Joshua Harris (writer, born December 30, 1974)
  • Sister Bliss (composer, disc jockey, musician, pianist, record producer, born December 30, 1970)
  • Daniel Amokachi (association football manager, association football player, born December 30, 1972)
  • Bianca Ingrosso (singer, born December 30, 1994)
  • Venu Madhav (actor, born December 30, 1969)
  • Douglas Coupland (artist, designer, fashion designer, novelist, science fiction writer, screenwriter, sculptor, writer, born December 30, 1961)
  • Nick Symmonds (athletics competitor, middle-distance runner, born December 30, 1983)
  • Bill English (farmer, politician, born December 30, 1961)

30th of December 1997 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 30, 1997

Where's Edward R. Murrow When You Need Him?

Date: 30 December 1997

By Walter Goodman

Walter Goodman

Walter Goodman Critic's Notebook column assesses television networks' news programs: NBC's Nightly News, anchored by Tom Brokaw, ABC's World News Tonight, with Peter Jennings, and CBS's Evening News, anchored by Dan Rather; comments on vagaries of a news program's popularity, noting that recently NBC and CBS have popped ahead of ABC, leader for many seasons; photos of anchors (L)

Full Article

On My Mind; A Year of Awakening

Date: 30 December 1997

By A. M. Rosenthal

A.

A M Rosenthal Op-Ed column says that press failed in 1997 to pay adequate attention to persecution of Christians worldwide, especially in China, and that when it did, it often missed the point (M)

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PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY SHARES RISE ON INTEL INVESTMENT

Date: 31 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Shares of Platinum Technology Inc rise after software company says Intel Corp invested in it, forming alliance to help develop products to manage computer systems; Platinum shares rise $4.17, to $28.17 (S)

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HOECHST WINS F.D.A. APPROVAL OF ALLERGY DRUG

Date: 30 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Hoechst AG wins US approval to sell its new combination allergy drug, Allegra-D, allowing it to take Seldane, its once highly successful product line, off the market; Seldane came under fire from Food and Drug Administration earlier this year because of problems with dangerous drug interactions (S)

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CITIZENS FINANCIAL TO BUY SUBURBFED FOR $55 MILLION

Date: 31 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Citizens Financial Services agrees to buy Suburbfed Financial Corp for about $55 million (S)

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GPU NEGOTIATING TO SELL THREE MILE ISLAND PLANT

Date: 31 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

GPU Inc is negotiating with potential buyer of its Three Mile Island and Oyster Creek nuclear power plants; company will not identify suitor because negotiations are still in early stages (S)

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REPUBLIC PLANS A CHARGE OF $100 MILLION TO $150 MILLION

Date: 31 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Republic Industries plans to take pretax charge of $100 million to $150 million in fourth quarter to cover costs of merging its Autonation used-car chain with its new-car dealerships (S)

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AVCO FINANCIAL TO BUY 80% STAKE IN ARGENTINE CONCERN

Date: 30 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Avco Financial Services Co, unit of Textron Inc agrees to pay $56.7 million for 80 percent of Financiera Argentina SA from Banco Frances SA (S)

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ALCOA CANCELS PLAN TO BUY REYNOLDS METALS MILL

Date: 31 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Aluminum Co of America ends plans to buy Alabama aluminum rolling mill from Reynolds Metals Co for $250 million after Justice Department sued to block sale on antitrust concerns (S)

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SHAW SHUTTING 100 STORES AND CUTTING 600 JOBS

Date: 30 December 1997

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Shaw Industries will close about 100 of its 450 carpet and floor-covering stores and eliminate 600 jobs; company, one of world's largest carpet makers, says cuts amount to about 2 percent of its work force at end of 1996; moves will result in fourth-quarter charge of about $22.8 million (S)

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