December 17th, 1945

Born on December 17th, 1945

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What happened on December 17th, 1945?

December 17th, 1945

Kurdistan flag day, the flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad in eastern Kurdistan (Iran).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan

December 17th, 1945

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Kurdistan

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on December 17th, 1945

78

Jüri Talvet

Estonian poet

*December 17th, 1945, Pärnu

78

Ernie Hudson

American actor and former U.S. Marine

*December 17th, 1945, Benton Harbor

78

Jacqueline Wilson

English novelist

*December 17th, 1945, Bath

78

Jean-Pierre Cattenoz

French archbishop

*December 17th, 1945, Maxéville

78

Consuelo Luzardo

Colombian actor

*December 17th, 1945, Bogotá

78

Chris Matthews

American political commentator, former talk show host, and author

*December 17th, 1945, Somerton

73

Viju Khote

Indian actor

*December 17th, 1945, Mumbai †September 30th, 2019, Mumbai

78

Joan Castejón

Spanish painter, sculptor and draftsman.

*December 17th, 1945, Elche

78

Raban von Westphalen

German non-fiction writer and university teacher

*December 17th, 1945, Helmern

78

David Mallet

British music video director

*December 17th, 1945, West Horsley

70

John Easter

Cricketer (1945-2016)

*December 17th, 1945, Compton and Shawford †January 11th, 2016

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Who's birthday is on December 17th?

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

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

75

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Turkish economist, politician (born 1948)

*December 17th, 1948, Nazımiye

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

79

Bernard Hill

English film, stage and television actor

*December 17th, 1944, Manchester

76

Mykola Azarov

Ukrainian politician

*December 17th, 1947, Kaluga

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

77

Eugene Levy

Canadian actor and comedian

*December 17th, 1946, Hamilton

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

76

Wes Studi

American actor

*December 17th, 1947, Tahlequah

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

82

Klaus Kinkel

Chairman of the FDP (1936-2019)

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

70

Bill Pullman

American actor

*December 17th, 1953, Hornell

77

Suresh Oberoi

Indian actor

*December 17th, 1946, Quetta

63

Moreno Argentin

Italian cyclist

*December 17th, 1960, San Donà di Piave

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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