A 1997. december 17. egy szerda volt a ♐ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 350 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke William J. (Bill) Clinton volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 28 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. december 17., szerda, 197 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. december 17., csütörtök napon lesz, 167 nap múlva. 10 424 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 250 177 órát, vagy körülbelül 15 010 626 percet vagy körülbelül 900 637 560 másodpercet.
Date: 17 December 1997
By Gay Talese
Gay Talese
Gay Talese Op-Ed article scores reporters who suggest that Latrell Sprewell was reacting to racism when he tried to choke P J Carlesimo, his white coach at Golden State Warriors, or that the punishment he received from team and National Basketball Association was tainted with racism; cartoon (M)
Date: 17 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Former New York Islanders owner John A Spano, in plea bargain agreement, to plead guilty to fraud charges rather than be charged with more serious crimes (S)
Date: 18 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Board of Whitman Corp declares dividend of stock in Hussmann Corp and Midas International as part of planned spinoff of businesses as Whitman focuses on its Pepsi-Cola bottling operations (S)
Date: 18 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Winstar Communications Inc agrees to buy most of assets of Midcom Communications Inc for $92 million in cash; agreement must be approved by bankruptcy court where Midcom filed for Chapter 11 protection on Nov 7 (S)
Date: 18 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Iteq Inc says it agreed to buy Matrix Service Co for about $95 million in cash and stock (S)
Date: 17 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Universal Health Services Inc to acquire Hospital San Pablo Inc and chain of hospitals owned by that company; deal is valued at $100 million (S)
Date: 17 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lincoln National Corp will take $287 million after-tax charge in fourth quarter to cover pension sales practices liabilities and reinsurance losses in Britain (S)
Date: 17 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
R R Donnelley & Sons Co will take two fourth-quarter charges totaling $103 million (S)
Date: 18 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Oxford Health Plans Inc says Securities and Exchange Commission has requested documents in connection with at least $38 million of Oxford's shares sold by insiders months before stock plummeted from near-record highs; Oxford's chairman, Stephen F Wiggins, calls this 'customary document review' of company files backing up insider sales by SEC officials; matter has also drawn attention of New York Attorney General's office and lawyers for investors; at least 13 investors have accused Wiggins and other Oxford executives of withholding news about problems to prop up stock price while they sold large blocks of shares (M)
Date: 18 December 1997
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Host Marriott Corp says it will buy Coronado Island Le Meridien in Coronado, Calif, for $54.4 million; hotel will be renamed Coronado Island Marriott Resort and be managed by Marriott International Inc (S)