What day of the week was December 31, 1997?

The day of the week December 31st, 1997 fell on was a Wednesday. Last day of Hanukkah for Jewish people. Ramadan begins for Muslim people.

Floyd Cramer the American pianist (Million Dollar Band) (b. 1933) died on this day in 1997. As did Billie Dove the American actress (b. 1903) , Michael LeMoyne Kennedy the American son of Robert F. Kennedy (b. 1958) .