December 17th, 1924

Born on December 17th, 1924

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 36,000 days old!

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... 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

Born on December 17th, 1924

90

Otar Koberidze

Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter

*December 17th, 1924, Tbilisi †March 9th, 2015, Tbilisi

97

Stefanos Petrakis

Greek sprinter

*December 17th, 1924, Athens †May 8th, 2022

66

Dennis Cross

American actor (1924-1991)

*December 17th, 1924, Whitefish †April 6th, 1991, Los Angeles

90

Dietrich Schulte-Frohlinde

German chemist (1924-2015)

*December 17th, 1924, Munich †October 1st, 2015

91

Hans Schwabl

Austrian classical philologist

*December 17th, 1924, Zell am See †April 2nd, 2016

92

Cesar C. Raval

Theologian and catholic priest

*December 17th, 1924, Laoag †January 30th, 2017

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93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

93

Helmut Rötzsch

German librarian

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

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

87

Patrice Wymore

American actress and singer (1926-2014)

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

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

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

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

82

Klaus Kinkel

Chairman of the FDP (1936-2019)

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

84

Josiane Somers

Member of the Free French forces and SOE agent in WWII

*December 17th, 1925, Lens †May 31st, 2010, 15th arrondissement of Paris

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

69

Josef Lada

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

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

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

143

Carl Meyer

German architect (1855-19__)

*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1999, Hanover

64

Gerhard Füssmann

German rower

*December 17th, 1928, Bamberg †November 13th, 1993, Bamberg

78

Frank Martinus Arion

Writer and poet (1936-2015)

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

96

Simo Häyhä

Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)

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

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80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

90

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

98

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

80

Erik Balling

Danish film director

*November 29th, 1924, Nyborg †November 19th, 2005, Copenhagen

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

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Public holidays on December 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 17th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1924 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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