March 17th, 1059

Born on March 17th, 1059

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 352,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 468 days, exactly on September 8th, 2025, people who were born on March 17th, 1059 will be 353,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 17th?

March 17th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.

March 17th, 1991

In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.

March 17th, 1988

Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.

March 17th, 1973

Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 17th, 1969

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

March 17th, 1968

Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.

March 17th, 1963

An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

March 17th, 1955

Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.

March 17th, 1950

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.

March 17th, 1942

The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.

March 17th, 1917

World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.

March 17th, 1902

The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.

March 17th, 1891

The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.

March 17th, 1842

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 17th?

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

29

Lisa Sophie Gericke

German bobsledder and ice speed skater

*March 17th, 1995, Brandenburg an der Havel

28

Tokischa

Dominican singer

*March 17th, 1996, Puerto Plata

45

Stormy Daniels

American pornographic actress and director

*March 17th, 1979, Baton Rouge

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

43

Kyle Korver

American professional basketball player

*March 17th, 1981, Lakewood

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

85

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

41

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

58

Patrick Hamilton

English writer (1904–1962)

*March 17th, 1904, Hassocks †September 23rd, 1962, Sheringham

35

Shinji Kagawa

Japanese association football player

*March 17th, 1989, Kobe

45

Nat King Cole

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

*March 17th, 1919, Montgomery †February 15th, 1965, Santa Monica

62

Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

*March 17th, 1962, Glasgow

82

Karl Theodor von Pappenheim

German feldzeugmeister and adjutant (1771-1853)

*March 17th, 1771, Pappenheim †August 26th, 1853, Pappenheim

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

64

Wilfried Auerbach

Austrian rower

*March 17th, 1960, Linz

49

Alain Chrétien

French politician

*March 17th, 1975, Vesoul

48

Lassi Karonen

Swedish rower

*March 17th, 1976, Djura

72

Hans Wollschläger

German writer

*March 17th, 1935, Minden †May 19th, 2007, Bamberg

39

Dario Cataldo

Italian road bicycle racer

*March 17th, 1985, Lanciano

38

Mikaël Cherel

Road bicycle racer

*March 17th, 1986, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët

57

Nathalie Marquay

French beauty pageant contestant

*March 17th, 1967, Comines

47

Xabier Zandio

Road bicycle racer

*March 17th, 1977, Pamplona

45

Coco Austin

American television personality

*March 17th, 1979, Palos Verdes Peninsula

32

Julien Bernard

French cyclist

*March 17th, 1992, Nevers

40

James IV of Scotland

King of Scotland from 1488 to 1513

*March 17th, 1473, Holyrood Abbey †September 9th, 1513, Northumberland

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 17th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1059 is a normal year and no leap year.

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