What day of the week was December 22, 1997?

The day of the week December 22nd, 1997 fell on was a Monday.

There were 3 days until Christmas.

Sebastian Arcos Bergnes the Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931) died on this day in 1997.

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 by paramilitary forces. Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration the in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.