December 19th (1997) was a Friday. It's the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 12 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 19th December, 1997
» SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River (Indonesia) called Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
December 19th Famous Deaths for 1997
» Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1908)
» Jimmy Rogers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924)