December 17th, 2024

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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

Birthdays and future age on December 17th, 2024

28

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

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

94

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

49

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

25

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

52

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

88

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

53

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

82

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

41

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

28

Olivier Thill

Luxembourgian association football player

*December 17th, 1996, Niederkorn

46

Manny Pacquiao

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

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

65

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

47

Arnaud Clément

French tennis player

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

62

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

36

Grethe Grünberg

Estonian ice dancer

*December 17th, 1988, Tallinn

50

Paul Briggs

American storyboard artist, visual effects animator, and voice actor

*December 17th, 1974, San Antonio

64

Moreno Argentin

Italian cyclist

*December 17th, 1960, San Donà di Piave

44

Eli Pariser

American author, activist, and entrepreneur

*December 17th, 1980, Lincolnville

52

John Abraham

Indian film actor, producer and model

*December 17th, 1972, Mumbai

37

Chelsea Manning

American activist and whistleblower (born 1987)

*December 17th, 1987, Crescent

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