December 17
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1989
Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
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Peruvian internal conflict: Fourteen members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement provoke a hostage crisis by taking over the Japanese embassy in Lima.
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Aerosvit Flight 241: A Yakovlev Yak-42 crashes into the Pierian Mountains near Thessaloniki Airport in Thessaloniki, Greece, killing all 70 people on board.
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Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
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The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend, Maxine Carr, is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
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SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
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Sex work rights activists establish December 17 (or "D17") as International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers to memorialize victims of a serial killer who targeted prostitutes, and highlight State violence against sex workers by police and others.
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Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
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Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
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MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
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Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
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The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations after severing them in 1961.
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2002Castello Lukeba, French footballer
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2000Wesley Fofana, French footballer
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1999Holly Humberstone, English singer-songwriter
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1999Mirei Sasaki, Japanese singer, model, and actress
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1998Jasmine Armfield, English actress
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1998Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
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1997Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player
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1997Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater
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1996Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater
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1995Guerschon Yabusele, French basketball player
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1994Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
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1994Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor
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