December 17th, 2012

Born on December 17th, 2012

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 4,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 852 days, exactly on August 26th, 2026, people who were born on December 17th, 2012 will be 5,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

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

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

27

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

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

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

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

36

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

*December 17th, 1987, Oklahoma City

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

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

43

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

51

John Abraham

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*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

25

Martin Ødegaard

Norwegian association football player

*December 17th, 1998, Drammen Municipality

Same year
Born in 2012

7

Grumpy Cat

Cat and Internet meme celebrity

*April 4th, 2012, Morristown †May 14th, 2019, Morristown

12

Blue Ivy Carter

American singer and daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé

*January 7th, 2012, New York City

12

Countess Athena of Monpezat

Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*January 24th, 2012, Rigshospitalet

12

Norodom Jenna

Princess of Cambodia

*March 11th, 2012, Paris

12

Princess guacharaca de todos los tambores

Daughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

*February 23rd, 2012, Karolinska University Hospital

11

Kim Ji-yoo

South Korean actress

*September 26th, 2012, South Korea

11

Tinsley Price

American actress

*August 4th, 2012, United States of America

12

Isla Phillips

Granddaughter of Anne, Princess Royal; great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II

*March 29th, 2012, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

11

Caoilinn Springall

American actress

*November 30th, 2012, California

11

Penelope Disick

Child of Kourtney Kardashian Scott Disick

*July 8th, 2012, Los Angeles

12

Julianna Gamiz

American actress

*January 3rd, 2012, Downey

12

Juju Journey Brener

American actress

*February 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

11

Everleigh McDonell

American actress

*August 31st, 2012, California

12

Logan Moreau

American actor and voice actor

*January 27th, 2012, Los Angeles

12

Lilah-Rose Rodriguez

American actress

*February 29th, 2012, Redwood City

11

Sebastian Benedict

Actor

*August 22nd, 2012, General Santos

11

Tucker Wilkerson

American actor and voice actor

*September 18th, 2012, Westport

3

Alan Kurdi

Three-year-old who died from capsized boat August 2015

*May 4th, 2012, Kobanî †September 2nd, 2015, Bodrum

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Born on December 17th, 2012
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2012 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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