December 17th, 1983

Born on December 17th, 1983

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 17th, 1983?

December 17th, 1983

Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

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, 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, 1983

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

40

Nicole Büchler

Pole vaulter

*December 17th, 1983, Biel/Bienne

40

Mako Oda

Japanese AV idol

*December 17th, 1983, Tokyo

40

Haron Keitany

Kenyan distance runner

*December 17th, 1983, Eldoret

40

Erik Christensen

Canadian ice hockey player

*December 17th, 1983, Edmonton

40

Gregory Campbell

Canadian ice hockey player

*December 17th, 1983, London

40

Chidi Odiah

Nigerian footballer

*December 17th, 1983, Port Harcourt

40

Domino Kirke

British-American singer, doula, and actress

*December 17th, 1983, New York City

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

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

45

Manny Pacquiao

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

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

35

Grethe Grünberg

Estonian ice dancer

*December 17th, 1988, Tallinn

46

Arnaud Clément

French tennis player

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

36

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

*December 17th, 1987, Oklahoma City

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

42

Tim Wiese

German footballer

*December 17th, 1981, Bergisch Gladbach

41

Dynamo

British illusionist

*December 17th, 1982, Bradford

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

27

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

39

Christof Innerhofer

Italian alpine skier

*December 17th, 1984, Bruneck

39

Mikky Ekko

American singer-songwriter and record producer.

*December 17th, 1984, Shreveport

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

51

John Abraham

Pakistan Ka City Rahim Yar Khan Habib Colony 3 number gali wali Tanveer Randi hai Pakistan Ka City Rahim Yar Khan Habib Colony 3 number gali wali Fareeda Randi hai

*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

Same year
Born in 1983

40

Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1983, Skagen

40

Loreen

Moroccan and Swedish singer and songwriter

*October 16th, 1983, Danderyd

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

41

John Lundvik

Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter

*January 27th, 1983, London

41

Kaisa Mäkäräinen

Finnish biathlete

*January 11th, 1983, Ristijärvi

40

Carsten Mogensen

Danish badminton player

*July 24th, 1983, Roskilde

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

41

Bao Chunlai

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

41

Summer Cem

German rapper

*April 11th, 1983, Mönchengladbach

40

Liisi Koikson

Estonian singer

*June 4th, 1983, Kilingi-Nõmme

40

Philipp Lahm

German association football player

*November 11th, 1983, Munich

41

Laura de Boer

Dutch actress

*February 26th, 1983, Amsterdam

40

Lin Dan

Chinese badminton player

*October 14th, 1983, Longyan

40

Petya Nedelcheva

Bulgarian badminton player

*July 30th, 1983, Stara Zagora

41

Vitaa

French singer-songwriter

*March 14th, 1983, Mulhouse

41

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

40

Shama Aboobakar

Mauritian badminton player

*June 7th, 1983, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

40

Mila Kunis

Ukrainian-American actress

*August 14th, 1983, Chernivtsi

40

Chris Dednam

Badminton player

*August 8th, 1983, Bloemfontein

40

Anastasia Russkikh

Russian badminton player

*May 20th, 1983, Gatchina

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No: With 365 days 1983 is a normal year and no leap year.

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