December 17th, 1972

Born on December 17th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1972

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

51

John Abraham

Indian film actor, producer and model

*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

51

Iván Pedroso

Cuban long jumper

*December 17th, 1972, Havana

51

Eddie Fisher

American musician

*December 17th, 1972, Hillsboro

51

David Belenguer

Spanish footballer

*December 17th, 1972, Vilassar de Mar

51

Yelena Ksenofontova

Russian actress

*December 17th, 1972, Khromtau

51

Desmond Askew

Actor

*December 17th, 1972, London

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

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

53

Pavel Padrnos

Czech cyclist

*December 17th, 1970, Petrovice

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

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

49

Sarah Paulson

American actress

*December 17th, 1974, Tampa

50

Rian Johnson

American writer, director and producer

*December 17th, 1973, Silver Spring

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

54

Laurie Holden

American-Canadian actress

*December 17th, 1969, Los Angeles

52

Claire Forlani

British actress

*December 17th, 1971, Twickenham

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

49

Giovanni Ribisi

American actor

*December 17th, 1974, Los Angeles

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

50

Paula Radcliffe

English long-distance runner

*December 17th, 1973, Northwich

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 17th

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Born on December 17th, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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