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BulgariaOn this day: December 17
What happened in the Turkic world on December 17? Famous people born and died on this day, key events and national days.
Births
- 1917
Baymirza Hayit
Uzbek 20th century historian of Turkestan and Central Asia (1917-2006) - 1948
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Turkish politician (born 1948) - 1966
Valeri Liukin
Soviet-Kazakh artistic gymnast and coach (born 1966) - 1980
Dinara Aliyeva
Azerbaijani operatic soprano - 1991
Elvin Mamishzade
Azerbaijani boxer
- 1994
Evgenia Tarasova
Russian pair skater
Deaths
- 1858
Mustafa Reşid Paşa
Ottoman diplomat (1800-1858)
- 1933
Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev
Azerbaijani playwright, stage director, politician and public figure (1870–1933)
- 1993
Mirza Ibrahimov
Azerbaijani writer (1911-1993)
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