December 17th, 1960

Born on December 17th, 1960

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What happened on December 17th, 1960?

December 17th, 1960

Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Munich_C-131_crash

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, 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.

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

Born on December 17th, 1960

63

Moreno Argentin

Italian cyclist

*December 17th, 1960, San Donà di Piave

63

Marin Raykov

Bulgarian diplomat and politician

*December 17th, 1960, Washington, D.C.

63

Jürgen Tarrach

German actor

*December 17th, 1960, Gelsenkirchen

63

Kay Burley

British journalist

*December 17th, 1960, Wigan

63

Claudia Neidig

German actress

*December 17th, 1960, Stuttgart

63

Liam Ferguson

American actor

*December 17th, 1960, Harvey

63

Tilly Vosburgh

British actress

*December 17th, 1960, London

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

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

45

Manny Pacquiao

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

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

46

Arnaud Clément

French tennis player

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

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

70

Bill Pullman

American actor

*December 17th, 1953, Hornell

51

John Abraham

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*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

53

Pavel Padrnos

Czech cyclist

*December 17th, 1970, Petrovice

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

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

65

Mike Mills

American musician; multi-instrumentalist for American alternative rock band R.E.M.

*December 17th, 1958, Orange County

64

Phillip Aspinall

Australian bishop

*December 17th, 1959, Hobart

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

63

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

63

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 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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