December 17th, 2007

Born on December 17th, 2007

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 216 days, exactly on February 15th, 2027, people who were born on December 17th, 2007 will be 7,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 17th?

December 17th, 2010

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, 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.

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, the 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 (pictured), 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, 2007

18

James, Earl of Wessex

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

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

Same year
Born in 2007

19

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

19

Viki Gabor

Polish singer

*July 10th, 2007, Hamburg

18

Kuzey Tunçelli

Turkish swimmer

*August 30th, 2007, Kocaeli

19

Ana Paula Martínez

Mexican actress

*February 22nd, 2007, Mexico City

19

Park Min-ha

South Korean actress

*July 2nd, 2007, Gunpo

19

Quan Hongchan

Chinese diver (2007-)

*March 28th, 2007, Zhanjiang

19

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Moroccan Royal

*February 28th, 2007, Rabat

19

Stacey Fru

Child Author and Philanthropist

*February 16th, 2007, Johannesburg

19

Melani García

Spanish singer

*June 10th, 2007, L'Eliana

19

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

American child actress

*June 6th, 2007, Santa Monica

19

Cailey Fleming

American actress

*March 25th, 2007, Picayune

18

DJ Switch

Ghanaian disc jockey

*December 12th, 2007, Dadieso

19

Teodora Kostović

Serbian tennis player

*June 28th, 2007, Novi Sad

19

Alina Korneeva

Russian tennis player

*June 23rd, 2007, Moscow

19

Louis Sharp

New Zealand racing driver

*May 11th, 2007, Nottingham

19

Adam Benák

Czech ice hockey player (born 2007)

*April 10th, 2007, Plzeň

19

Raicca Ventura

Skateboarder

*March 8th, 2007, São Caetano do Sul

19

Anna Pezzetta

Italian figure skater

*March 6th, 2007, Bolzano

19

Kiana Blanckert

Australian born Swedish singer

*February 25th, 2007, Perth

19

Akshay Bohra

American-Indian racing driver (born 2007)

*February 22nd, 2007, New York City

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Public holidays on December 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 17th.

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Born on December 17th, 2007
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2007 is a normal year and no leap year.

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