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December 17, 1948

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Notable Births

Valery Belousov

1948Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)[†]

Valery Konsantinovich Belousov was a Russian professional ice hockey coach and player.

1948Jim Bonfanti, American rock drummer[†]

James Alexander Bonfanti is an American rock drummer who is best known for having been a member of the band Raspberries.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

1948Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician[†]

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, also referred to by his initials KK, is a Turkish politician who served as the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) from 2010 to 2023. He was Leader of the Main Opposition in Turkey between 2010 and 2023. He served as a member of parliament for Istanbul's second electoral district from 2002 to 2015, and as an MP for İzmir's second electoral district from 2015 to 2023.

Historical Events

Finnish Security and Intelligence Service

1948The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.[†]

The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service, formerly the Finnish Security Police and Finnish Security Intelligence Service, is the security and intelligence agency of Finland in charge of national security, such as counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior. The agency had a distinct role during the Cold War in monitoring communists as well as in the balance between Finnish independence and Soviet appeasement. After the 1990s, Supo has focused more on countering terrorism and in the 2010s, on preventing hybrid operations.