On this day: 17 December

Selected events and births on 17 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1790 – The Aztec sun stone, now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City. Read more: Aztec sun stone Zócalo
• 1945 – The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran. Read more: Flag of Kurdistan Mahabad
• 1948 – The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police. Read more: Finnish Security and Intelligence Service State Police (Finland)
• 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. Read more: December 1970 protests in Poland Gdynia Anti-communism

Born on this day

• 1966 – Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Kristiina Ojuland Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia)
• 1994 – Lloyd Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player Read more: Lloyd Perrett
• 1994 – Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor Read more: Nat Wolff
• 1996 – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Russian figure skater Read more: Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
• 1997 – Naiktha Bains, British-Australian tennis player Read more: Naiktha Bains
• 1997 – Shoma Uno, Japanese figure skater Read more: Shoma Uno
• 1998 – Jasmine Armfield, English actress Read more: Jasmine Armfield
• 1998 – Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer Read more: Martin Ødegaard
• 1999 – Holly Humberstone, English singer-songwriter Read more: Holly Humberstone
• 1999 – Mirei Sasaki, Japanese singer, model, and actress Read more: Mirei Sasaki
• 2000 – Wesley Fofana, French footballer Read more: Wesley Fofana (footballer)
• 2002 – Castello Lukeba, French footballer Read more: Castello Lukeba

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / December 17 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.