Born on December 17
December 17 birthdays & history
If you were born on December 17, you share a birthday with Pope Francis, Humphry Davy and Milla Jovovich. December 17 babies are Sagittarius, with turquoise as their birthstone and the narcissus as their birth flower. December 17 is the 352nd day of the year in leap years (351st in other years).
Famous people born on December 17
- 1936Pope Francis, Argentinian Pope of the Catholic Church
- 1778Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist
- 1975Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress
- 1908Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1797Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer
- 1706Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist
- 1974Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
- 1998Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
- 1989André Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
- 1988Yann Sommer, Swiss footballer
What happened on December 17
- 497 BCThe first Saturnalia festival is celebrated in ancient Rome.
- 1790The Aztec sun stone, now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City.
- 1865First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
- 1892First issue of Vogue is published.
- 1903The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- 1907Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
- 1933The first NFL Championship Game is played at Wrigley Field in Chicago between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears win 23–21.
- 1943All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States upon the repeal of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
- 1945The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.
- 1948The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
- 1969Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
- 2014The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.
Also observed on December 17
- Accession Day (Bahrain)
- Kurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population)
- National Day (Bhutan)
- Pan American Aviation Day (United States)
- Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation
Questions, answered
What star sign is December 17?
People born on December 17 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is turquoise and their birth flower is the narcissus.
Which famous people were born on December 17?
Pope Francis (1936), Humphry Davy (1778), Milla Jovovich (1975), Willard Libby (1908), Joseph Henry (1797), Émilie du Châtelet (1706) were all born on December 17.
What happened on December 17 in history?
Among other things: in 1948, The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police; in 1969, Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs; in 2014, The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.
Can I get a newspaper front page from December 17?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any December 17 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “December 17”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.