BirthDecember 171991

Jordan Rankin

Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player

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When
Tuesday, December 17 199135 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Jordan Rankin

Who they were

Jordan Rankin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a fullback, five-eighth or halfback for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League.

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Jordan Rankin appears on our December 17 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

December 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1991Jordan Rankin
  2. 2003SpaceShipOne
  3. 2003Soham murders
  4. 2003International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
  5. 2005World Trade Organization
  6. 2005Jigme Singye Wangchuck
  7. 2009MV Danny F II
  8. 2010Arab Spring
  9. 2010Mohamed Bouazizi
  10. 2014Cuba–United States relations
  11. 20162016 Irkutsk mass methanol poisoning

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  • March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
  • September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
  • October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.

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When did Jordan Rankin happen?

December 17 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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