December 17th, 1980

Born on December 17th, 1980

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, 1980

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

43

Carmen Casanova

Swiss alpine skier

*December 17th, 1980, Vignogn

43

Sebastián Beccacece

Argentine football manager

*December 17th, 1980, Rosario

43

Ricky Van Veen

American Internet personality

*December 17th, 1980, Lutherville-Timonium

43

Tomonobu Fujii

Japanese racing driver

*December 17th, 1980, Gifu

43

Ryan Hunter-Reay

American racecar driver

*December 17th, 1980, Dallas

43

Suzy Batkovic

Australian basketball player

*December 17th, 1980, Newcastle

43

Alexandra Papageorgiou

Greek hammer thrower

*December 17th, 1980, Athens

43

Juliana Dever

American actress

*December 17th, 1980, St. Louis

43

Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots

Actress

*December 17th, 1980, Johannesburg

43

Veronica Lauren

Actress

*December 17th, 1980, Santa Monica

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

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

45

Manny Pacquiao

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

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

46

Arnaud Clément

French tennis player

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

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

42

Tim Wiese

German footballer

*December 17th, 1981, Bergisch Gladbach

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

35

Grethe Grünberg

Estonian ice dancer

*December 17th, 1988, Tallinn

45

Riteish Deshmukh

Indian actor

*December 17th, 1978, Latur

36

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

*December 17th, 1987, Oklahoma City

51

John Abraham

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*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

27

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

44

Ryan Key

American musician

*December 17th, 1979, Jacksonville

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

44

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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