December 1st (1997) was a Monday. It's the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 1st December, 1997
» In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Party Unity e.g CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
December 1st Famous Deaths for 1997
» Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
» Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1908)
» Endicott Peabody, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
December 1st Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Castritian
» St. Eligius e.g Eligius
» Edmund Campion
» Nicholas Ferrar (Episcopal Church in the United States of America named Episcopal Church (United States))
» December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Public holidays in Thailand called Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
» Earliest day on which Public holidays in Turkmenistan or Good Neighborliness Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan)
» Kazakhstan Public holidays known as First President Day (Kazakhstan)
» Public holidays in Chad called Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
» Great Union Day, celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918; since 1990, National Day of Romania named National Day (Romania)
» Military of Costa Rica called Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
» Public holidays in Burma known as National Day (Burma)
» Public holidays in the Central African Republic called Republic Day (Central African Republic)
» Public holidays in Portugal called Restoration of Independence (Portugal)
» Public holidays in Iceland named Self-governance Day or 'Fullveldisdagurinn' (Iceland)