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December 17 2012

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Historical Events

Battle of Ras al-Ayn
war
2012 battle during the Syrian Civil War
Ras al-Ayn

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

Bernardus Johannes Alfrink
deceased
Dutch cardinal (1900-1987) · 1900–1987
Days lived
31,941
🇩🇪Clemens von Delbrück
deceased
German politician (1856-1921) · 1856–1921
Days lived
24,073

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on December 17 Died on December 17 On This Day Day Lookup

· 1883–1939

Days lived

20,258

🇸🇪Carl Lindhagen

deceased

politician · 1860–1946

Days lived

31,129

🇹🇷Cevdet Sümer

deceased

athlete · 1922–1967

Days lived

16,086

Chelsea Manning

Notable Trials · b. 1987

Days alive

9,132

🇩🇪Christoph Süß

actor · b. 1967

Days alive

16,437

🇺🇸Chuck Liddell

athlete · b. 1969

Days alive

15,706

🇬🇧Claire Forlani

actor · b. 1971

Days alive

14,976

🇺🇸Clavicular

Online streamer · b. 2005

Days alive

2,557

🇺🇸David Benavidez

Boxer · b. 1996

Days alive

5,844

🇰🇪David Rudisha

Kenyan middle distance runner · b. 1988

Days alive

8,766

🇸🇪Edvard Magnus Rodhe

deceased

Swedish bishop (1878-1954) · 1878–1954

Days lived

27,509

🇬🇧Emily Maguire

Scottish field hockey player · b. 1987

Days alive

9,132

🇺🇸Ernest Fortin

deceased

American philosopher (1923-2002) · 1923–2002

Days lived

28,799

🇫🇷Erwin Piscator

deceased

German theatre director (1893–1966) · 1893–1966

Days lived

26,400

🇨🇦Eugene Levy

Canadian actor and comedian · b. 1946

Days alive

24,107

🇺🇸Gerald Swindle

American fisherman · b. 1969

Days alive

15,706

🇺🇸Giovanni Ribisi

American actor · b. 1974

Days alive

13,880

🇫🇷Grégory Lorenzi

French footballer · b. 1983

Days alive

10,593

🇩🇪Günter Ralfs

deceased

philosopher · 1899–1960

Days lived

22,039

🇨🇳Hu Shih

deceased

journalist · 1891–1962

Days lived

25,636

Igor Girkin

Notable Trials · b. 1970

Days alive

15,341

James, Earl of Wessex

aristocrat · b. 2007

Days alive

1,827

🇺🇸Jan Dawidziuk

deceased

Polish-American "Polish National Catholic Church" bishop · 1937–2012

Days lived

27,108

🇪🇸Josep Comas i Solà

deceased

Catalan astronomer (1868-1937) · 1868–1937

Days lived

25,186

🇦🇹Konrad Bayer

deceased

Austrian writer and poet (1932–1964) · 1932–1964

Days lived

11,620

🇦🇹Left Boy

Austrian singer · b. 1988

Days alive

8,766

🇩🇪Martin Emmrich

German tennis player · b. 1984

Days alive

10,227

Martin Ødegaard

association football player · b. 1998

Days alive

5,114

🇬🇧Martin Smith

deceased

British musician, born 1946 · 1946–1997

Days lived

18,338

🇺🇸Marvell Wynne

American baseball player · b. 1959

Days alive

19,359

🇺🇸Milla Jovovich

singer · b. 1975

Days alive

13,515

🇺🇦Mykola Azarov

Ukrainian politician (born 1947) · b. 1947

Days alive

23,742

🇺🇸Nat Wolff

Actor · b. 1994

Days alive

6,575

🇷🇴Nicolae Lupescu

deceased

Romanian footballer (1940-2017) · 1940–2017

Days lived

28,022

Novella Nelson

deceased

Actor · 1939–2017

Days lived

28,383

🇩🇪Otto Schott

deceased

chemist · 1851–1935

Days lived

30,568

🇻🇦Pope Francis

deceased

Latin Catholic priest · 1936–2025

Days lived

32,267

🇵🇱Richard Kandt

deceased

German writer, physician and colonial administrator (1867-1918) · 1867–1918

Days lived

18,395

🇳🇱Rijk de Gooyer

deceased

Dutch actor (1925-2011) · 1925–2011

Days lived

31,366

🇨🇭Robert Curjel

deceased

German-Swiss architect · 1859–1925

Days lived

23,985

🇦🇹Sabina Naber

Austrian actress · b. 1965

Days alive

17,167

Sinan Akkuş

Turkish-German film director and producer (born 1971) · b. 1971

Days alive

14,976

🇩🇪Theodor Steltzer

deceased

German politician (1885-1967) · 1885–1967

Days lived

29,898

🇺🇸Tracy Byrd

singer · b. 1966

Days alive

16,802

🇸🇪Valdemar Langlet

deceased

Swedish Righteous Among the Nations, publisher and Esperantist (1872-1960) · 1872–1960

Days lived

32,079

🇩🇪Walther Bierkamp

deceased

SS officer and lawyer (1901–1945) · 1901–1945

Days lived

15,855

Wes Studi

Actor · b. 1947

Days alive

23,742

🇩🇪Wilhelm Castelli

deceased

German photographer (1901-1984) · 1901–1984

Days lived

30,114

🇬🇧Dorothy L. Sayers

deceased

English crime writer, playwright, essayist and Christian writer (1893-1957) · 1893–1957

Days lived

23,562

🇸🇪Einar Billing

deceased

Bishop of Västerås (1871-1939) · 1871–1939

Days lived

24,908

🇩🇪Ferdinand Kriwet

deceased

artist · 1942–2018

Days lived

27,895

🇺🇸Frank Pastore

deceased

film director · 1957–2012

Days lived

20,207

🇩🇪Gerhard Küntscher

deceased

German surgeon (1900–1972) · 1900–1972

Days lived

26,648

🇺🇸Günther Anders

deceased

journalist · 1902–1992

Days lived

33,031

Gustav Tammann

deceased

chemist · 1861–1938

Days lived

28,314

🇦🇷Heinz Brücher

deceased

German SS officer and botanist (1915-1991) · 1915–1991

Days lived

28,096

🇺🇸Henry Heimlich

deceased

scientist · 1920–2016

Days lived

35,382

Kim Jong-il

deceased

politician · 1941–2011

Days lived

25,871

🇺🇸Marguerite Yourcenar

deceased

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987) · 1903–1987

Days lived

30,873

🇩🇪Max Himmelheber

deceased

entrepreneur · 1904–2000

Days lived

35,301

🇦🇹Paul Löwinger

deceased

actor · 1904–1988

Days lived

30,718

🇺🇸Penny Marshall

deceased

Film director · 1943–2018

Days lived

27,457

🇳🇱Rob van Kreeveld

deceased

Dutch pianist (1941–2023) · 1941–2023

Days lived

30,135

🇺🇸Sammy Baugh

deceased

film director · 1914–2008

Days lived

34,609

Thubten Gyatso

deceased

13th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1876-1933) · 1876–1933

Days lived

21,127

🇵🇱Zofia Nałkowska

deceased

Polish prose writer, journalist & dramatist (1884-1954) · 1884–1954

Days lived

25,603

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

44,450

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,113

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

41,988

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

40,893

🇮🇱Alice Herz-Sommer

deceased

musician · 1903–2014

Days lived

40,267

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

39,798

🇺🇸Eldred G. Smith

deceased

American Leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1907-2013) · 1907–2013

Days lived

38,802

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

11,738

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

63,538

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

53,980

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

52,946

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

52,580

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,024

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

48,676

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,007

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

53,676

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,028

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

29,571

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

27,481

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

25,458

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

14,878

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

13,695

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

12,990

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,303

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

12,260

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,039

On This Day

Historical Events

Born on This Day

🇩🇪Aleksandar Radenkovic

🇳🇴Anders Aarum

🇫🇮Arvi Järventaus

Died on This Day

Bernardus Johannes Alfrink

🇩🇪Clemens von Delbrück

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇸🇪Carl Lindhagen

🇹🇷Cevdet Sümer

Chelsea Manning

🇩🇪Christoph Süß

🇺🇸Chuck Liddell

🇬🇧Claire Forlani

🇺🇸Clavicular

🇺🇸David Benavidez

🇰🇪David Rudisha

🇸🇪Edvard Magnus Rodhe

🇬🇧Emily Maguire

🇺🇸Ernest Fortin

🇫🇷Erwin Piscator

🇨🇦Eugene Levy

🇺🇸Gerald Swindle

🇺🇸Giovanni Ribisi

🇫🇷Grégory Lorenzi

🇩🇪Günter Ralfs

🇨🇳Hu Shih

Igor Girkin

James, Earl of Wessex

🇺🇸Jan Dawidziuk

🇪🇸Josep Comas i Solà

🇦🇹Konrad Bayer

🇦🇹Left Boy

🇩🇪Martin Emmrich

Martin Ødegaard

🇬🇧Martin Smith

🇺🇸Marvell Wynne

🇺🇸Milla Jovovich

🇺🇦Mykola Azarov

🇺🇸Nat Wolff

🇷🇴Nicolae Lupescu

Novella Nelson

🇩🇪Otto Schott

🇻🇦Pope Francis

🇵🇱Richard Kandt

🇳🇱Rijk de Gooyer

🇨🇭Robert Curjel

🇦🇹Sabina Naber

Sinan Akkuş

🇩🇪Theodor Steltzer

🇺🇸Tracy Byrd

🇸🇪Valdemar Langlet

🇩🇪Walther Bierkamp

Wes Studi

🇩🇪Wilhelm Castelli

🇬🇧Dorothy L. Sayers

🇸🇪Einar Billing

🇩🇪Ferdinand Kriwet

🇺🇸Frank Pastore

🇩🇪Gerhard Küntscher

🇺🇸Günther Anders

Gustav Tammann

🇦🇷Heinz Brücher

🇺🇸Henry Heimlich