December 17th, 1989

Born on December 17th, 1989

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 17th, 1989?

December 17th, 1989

The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

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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".

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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, 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, 1989

34

André Ayew

Ghanaian association football player

*December 17th, 1989, Seclin

34

Wandrille Lefèvre

French-Canadian soccer player

*December 17th, 1989, Chartres

34

Taylor York

American guitarist

*December 17th, 1989, Nashville

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

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

35

Grethe Grünberg

Estonian ice dancer

*December 17th, 1988, Tallinn

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

36

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

*December 17th, 1987, Oklahoma City

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

35

David Rudisha

Kenyan middle distance runner

*December 17th, 1988, Kilgoris

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

27

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

35

Amélie Lacoste

Canadian figure skater

*December 17th, 1988, Montreal

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

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

35

Jessi

Korean-American rapper and singer

*December 17th, 1988, New York City

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

35

Mikkel Andersen

Danish association football player

*December 17th, 1988, Herlev

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

Same year
Born in 1989

34

Daniel Radcliffe

British actor (born 1989)

*July 23rd, 1989, Hammersmith

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

35

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

34

Alexandra Stan

Romanian singer

*June 10th, 1989, Constanța

34

Chris Adcock

Badminton player

*April 27th, 1989, Leicester

34

Jess Glynne

British singer

*October 20th, 1989, London

34

Thomas Müller

German association football player

*September 13th, 1989, Weilheim in Oberbayern

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

34

Slimane

French singer-songwiter of Algerian descent

*October 13th, 1989, Chelles

34

Reika Kakiiwa

Badminton player

*July 19th, 1989, Kamiamakusa

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

34

Chukwuma Akabueze

Footballer

*May 6th, 1989, Ilorin

34

Ivan Sozonov

Russian badminton player

*July 6th, 1989, Yekaterinburg

34

Wang Xiaoli

Chinese badminton player

*June 24th, 1989, Huangshi

34

Richi Puspita Dili

Indonesian badminton player

*July 10th, 1989, Sleman

35

Derek Wong

Singaporean badminton player

*January 13th, 1989, Singapore

34

Emis Killa

Italian rapper

*November 14th, 1989, Vimercate

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

35

Holger Badstuber

German association football player

*March 13th, 1989, Memmingen

34

Lars Bender

German footballer (1989–)

*April 27th, 1989, Rosenheim

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Born on December 17th, 1989
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1989 is a normal year and no leap year.

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