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What Happened On 17th December 1978 In History

December 17th (1978) was a Sunday. It's the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 14 days left to the end of the year.

Famous Birthdays on December 17 in 1978

  • » Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican baseball player and sportscaster
  • » Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor
  • » Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer, actor, and politician
  • » Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Three Days Grace and Thousand Foot Krutch)
  • » Chase Utley, American baseball player

December 17th Famous Deaths for 1978

  • » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)

December 17th Holidays in History

  • » Culture of Bahrain Holidays or Accession Day (Bahrain)
  • » Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
  • » Daniel the Prophet
  • » Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba)
  • » O antiphon (Catholic Church)
  • » Wivina
  • » Saint Sturm named Sturm
  • » December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (United States)
  • » National Day (Bhutan)
  • » Saturnalia, in honor of Saturn (Roman festivals)
  • » Rumi Mewlewī Sufi Order named Urs of Rumi, the final and main day of the two weeks Mewlānā Festival (Turkey)

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World History for the 17th December