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Day Of The Week: December 17
December 17, 2025 is the 351st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 14 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 17
- 1538 –Pope Paul III excommunicates Henry VIII of England.
- 1807 –France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
- 1812 –War of 1812: U.S. forces attack a friendly Lenape village in the Battle of the Mississinewa.
- 1926 –Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
- 1927 –Indian revolutionary Rajendranath Lahiri was hanged to death in Gonda jail of U.P. in India 2 days before the scheduled date.
- 1935 –First flight of the Douglas DC-3 airplane.
- 1939 –World War II: Battle of the River Plate – The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
- 1941 –World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
- 1967 –Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and is presumed drowned.
- 2003 –SpaceShipOne flight 11P, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first supersonic flight.
Who were born on December 17?
- 1847 –Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (d. 1916)
- 1893 –Erwin Piscator, German film director (d. 1966)
- 1956 –Peter Farrelly, American film director
- 1962 –Rocco Mediate, American golfer
- 1969 –Chris Mason, English darts player
- 1975 –Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born actress
- 1976 –Zsanett Égerházi, Hungarian-born porn actress
- 1978 –Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor
- 1979 –Jaimee Foxworth, American actress
- 1982 –Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player
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