December 17th, 1159

Born on December 17th, 1159

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 315,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 275 days, exactly on February 19th, 2025, people who were born on December 17th, 1159 will be 316,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 17th?

December 17th, 2010

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian Revolution.

December 17th, 1990

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu, leading to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.

December 17th, 1989

The Simpsons, the longest running American prime-time entertainment series, made its debut on the Fox television network with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

December 17th, 1983

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

December 17th, 1970

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

December 17th, 1967

Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

December 17th, 1948

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

December 17th, 1945

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

December 17th, 1944

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.

December 17th, 1939

World War II: After sustaining moderate damage in the Battle of the River Plate two days earlier, the German cruiser Graf Spee was scuttled by its commander, Hans Langsdorff, to avoid its internment by Uruguay.

December 17th, 1926

A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona.

December 17th, 1918

About 1,000 demonstrators marched (pictured) on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burned an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation.

December 17th, 1903

Aboard the Wright Flyer (pictured) in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright conducted the first successful flights of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.

December 17th, 1862

American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

December 17th, 1790

The Aztec sun stone, now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 17th?

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

79

Carl Meyer

German architect (1855-1936)

*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1935, Hanover

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

69

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

46

Arnaud Clément

French tennis player

*December 17th, 1977, Aix-en-Provence

45

Manny Pacquiao

Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician and a philantropist

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

27

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

74

Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre

Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885)

*December 17th, 1810, Isla de León †November 26th, 1885, Madrid

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

*December 17th, 1938, Ōpunake †December 12th, 2019, Dallas

74

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

35

Grethe Grünberg

Estonian ice dancer

*December 17th, 1988, Tallinn

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

63

Moreno Argentin

Italian cyclist

*December 17th, 1960, San Donà di Piave

51

John Abraham

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*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

36

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

*December 17th, 1987, Oklahoma City

82

Klaus Kinkel

Chairman of the FDP (1936-2019)

*December 17th, 1936, Metzingen †March 4th, 2019, Sankt Augustin

80

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.

53

Pavel Padrnos

Czech cyclist

*December 17th, 1970, Petrovice

87

Patrice Wymore

American actress and singer (1926-2014)

*December 17th, 1926, Miltonvale †March 22nd, 2014, Portland Parish

75

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Turkish economist, politician (born 1948)

*December 17th, 1948, Nazımiye

96

Simo Häyhä

Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)

*December 17th, 1905, Rautjärvi †April 1st, 2002, Hamina

42

Émilie du Châtelet

French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)

*December 17th, 1706, Paris †September 10th, 1749, Lunéville

84

Rudolph Anders

Actor (1902-1987)

*December 17th, 1902, Waldkirch †March 27th, 1987, Woodland Hills

93

Helmut Rötzsch

German librarian

*December 17th, 1923, Leipzig †April 1st, 2017, Leipzig

70

Bill Pullman

American actor

*December 17th, 1953, Hornell

49

Sarah Paulson

American actress

*December 17th, 1974, Tampa

54

Laurie Holden

American-Canadian actress

*December 17th, 1969, Los Angeles

78

Frank Martinus Arion

Writer and poet (1936-2015)

*December 17th, 1936, Curaçao †September 28th, 2015, Curaçao

51

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school

*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice

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No: With 365 days 1159 is a normal year and no leap year.

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