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Born on Sunday December 7, 1997
- Jacques Leonardus Galjaard, Den Haag
- Dagmar Diet van Wilgenburg, Zeist
Died on Sunday December 7, 1997
- "Maria" Renata von Ségur-Cabanac (84), Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
- Cornelia Haasnoot (75), Katwijk
- Catharina Maria van Sante (51), Zaandam
- Carl Manewal Beckman (87), McKeesport, Allegheny, PA
- Anna Vroegindeweij (81), Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Amalia Margaretha Hansen (99), Manning, Carroll County, Iowa (USA)
- Antje Kornelisdr. Brouwer (90), St. Catharines, Ontario
- Antonetta Frederica Trum (86), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
- Armando Olmos Sr (26), Rialto, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten
- Bernard Bölle (87), Hebelermeer, Twist
Born on December 7
- 1990 » Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
- 1990 » David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
- 1990 » Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
- 1990 » Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
- 1991 » Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
- 1993 » Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
- 1994 » Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
- 1997 » Abi Harrison, Scottish footballer
- 1997 » Tommy Nelson, American actor
- 1998 » Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
Died on December 7
- 1990 » Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
- 1992 » Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (b. 1909)
- 1993 » Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
- 1993 » Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905)
- 1995 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892)
- 1997 » Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)
- 1998 » John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920)
- 1998 » Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
- 2003 » Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
- 2003 » Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)
Names that were popular for boys in 1997
- Thomas
- Sander
- Michael
- Jan
- Kevin
- Niels
- Tim
- Bas
- Johannes
- Robin
- Daan
- Max
- David
- Ruben
- Nick
- Jasper
Names that were popular for girls in 1997
- Laura
- Anne
- Amber
- Anna
- Sanne
- Lisa
- Lotte
- Michelle
- Celine
- Demi
- Eline
- Iris
- Kim
- Naomi
- Femke
- Emma
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1997
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 15.6 million citizens.
- March 22 » Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
- April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
- June 25 » The National Hockey League approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus (2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
- September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
- November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
- December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
Weather December 7, 1997
The temperature on December 7, 1997 was between 1.2 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.