December 17th, 2005

Born on December 17th, 2005

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 17th, 2005?

December 17th, 2005

Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck

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

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

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

27

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

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

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

35

Grethe Grünberg

Estonian ice dancer

*December 17th, 1988, Tallinn

45

Manny Pacquiao

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

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

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

16

James, Earl of Wessex

Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

25

Martin Ødegaard

Norwegian association football player

*December 17th, 1998, Drammen Municipality

49

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 2005

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

19

Manisha Ramadass

Badminton player

*January 27th, 2005, Chennai

19

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

19

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

18

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

18

Alysa Liu

American figure skater

*August 8th, 2005, Clovis

18

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Heir presumptive of Spain

*October 31st, 2005, Madrid

19

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Canada

19

Dafne Keen

British actress

*January 4th, 2005, Madrid

19

Jake Daniels

English association footballer

*January 8th, 2005, Bispham

19

Benedetta Pilato

Italian swimmer

*January 18th, 2005, Taranto

18

Lia McHugh

American actress (born 2005)

*November 18th, 2005, Pittsburgh

19

Sergi Domínguez

Spanish footballer

*April 1st, 2005, Barcelona

19

Arda Güler

Turkish association football player

*February 25th, 2005, Altındağ

18

Matilda Ledger

Australian American actress, director and singer

*October 28th, 2005, New York City

19

Fermín Aldeguer

Spanish motorcycle road racer

*April 5th, 2005, Murcia

19

Roksana Węgiel

Polish singer

*January 11th, 2005, Jasło

19

Lindsay van Zundert

Dutch figure skater

*February 1st, 2005, Etten-Leur

19

Alma Deutscher

British composer, pianist and violinist

*February 19th, 2005, Basingstoke

18

Lulu Wilson

American child actress

*October 7th, 2005, New York City

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Born on December 17th, 2005
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2005 is a normal year and no leap year.

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