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December 25, 1997
Died on Friday December 26, 1997
- Anna Margaretha Sulman (44), Emmen, Nederland
- Clarence Max Holtrop (77), Spring Lake, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
- Anneke van Zandwijk (80)
- Adrianus Antonius de Kruijf (73), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
- Adriana Hage (79)
- Adrianus Johannes Hornes (66), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelia Bernadina Blom (85), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Johanna Maria van Kester (81), Delft
- Anna Elisabeth Gerarda Putman (77), Wehl, Nederland
- Alice Genar (73), Hasselt, België
Born on December 26
- 1986 » Kit Harington, English actor
- 1989 » Yohan Blake, Jamaican sprinter
- 1990 » Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
- 1990 » Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter
- 1990 » Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
- 1990 » Jon Bellion, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer
- 1991 » Eden Sher, American actress
- 1992 » Cecilia Costa Melgar, Chilean tennis player
- 1992 » Jade Thirlwall, English singer
- 1994 » Souleymane Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer
Died on December 26
- 1994 » Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (b. 1933)
- 1996 » JonBenét Ramsey, American child beauty queen and prominent unsolved murder victim (b. 1990)
- 1997 » Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
- 1997 » Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (b. 1922)
- 1998 » Ram Swarup, Indian writer on Hindu philosophy and religion (b. 1920)
- 1999 » Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
- 1999 » Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918)
- 2000 » Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2001 » Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
- 2002 » Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)
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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.
- January 17 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying the GPS IIR-1 satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
- January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
- March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
- June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
- September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
- 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 26, 1997
The temperature on December 26, 1997 was between 6.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.