About the day » Saturday December 27, 1997Calender converter

• Britt Annike Rodenburgh, Hoofddorp († 1998)
• Rohaan, enter
• Aukje Hendrikje Schrotenboer († 2019)

• Berend Witting (77), Groningen
• Agnes Anna Desnouck (62), Oostnieuwkerke West Vlaanderen België
• Abraham Doan (84), Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States of America
• Anna Alida Blom (78), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Klippel (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes de Grunt (72), White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
• Annigje Cornelia (Anna) KAMPKES (76), Heerlen (NL/LI)
• Boele Jozef (Joop) Geerts (70), Assen, Nederland
• Annie Burghardt (75), Maastricht,Limburg,Nederland
• Abbie Annie Howell (94), Florida, United States

• 1990 » Max Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
• 1990 » Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
• 1991 » Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
• 1991 » Michael Morgan, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer
• 1992 » Maicel Uibo, Estonian decathlete
• 1993 » Olivia Cooke, English actress
• 1995 » Mark Lapidus, Estonian chess player
• 1995 » Timothée Chalamet, American actor
• 1997 » Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player

• 1993 » André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Evald Mikson, Estonian footballer (b. 1911)
• 1993 » Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
• 1994 » Fanny Cradock, English author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1994 » J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
• 1995 » Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (b. 1910)
• 1995 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
• 1997 » Billy Wright, Northern Irish loyalist leader (b. 1960)
• 1997 » Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1999 » Michael McDowell, American author and screenwriter (b. 1950)

• 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 9 » Comet Hale–Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day.
• June 28 » Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.
• August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
• August 7 » Fine Air Flight 101 crashes after takeoff from Miami International Airport, killing five people.
• October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
• December 1 » In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.

The temperature on December 27, 1997 was between 4.7 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.