November 17th, 1178

Born on November 17th, 1178

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 308,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 166 days, exactly on November 21st, 2024, people who were born on November 17th, 1178 will be 309,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 2013

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

November 17th, 2012

In Manfalut, Egypt, a school bus was hit by a train, killing at least 50 children.

November 17th, 2009

Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.

November 17th, 1997

Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting the Disney Renaissance.

November 17th, 1968

NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.

November 17th, 1950

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

November 17th, 1943

World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.

November 17th, 1941

World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

November 17th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's line of retreat.

November 17th, 1592

Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.

November 17th, 1558

Elizabeth I (pictured) became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.

November 17th, 1292

John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.

November 17th, 2019

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

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

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

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

69

Roland Matthes

German swimmer

*November 17th, 1950, Pößneck †December 20th, 2019, Wertheim

68

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

33

Georgios Konsolas

Greek rower

*November 17th, 1990, Athens

37

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

28

Alexis Vastine

French boxer

*November 17th, 1986, Pont-Audemer †March 9th, 2015, Villa Castelli

87

George Silk

New Zealand photojournalist

*November 17th, 1916, Levin †October 23rd, 2004, Norwalk

84

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

41

Evelyne Brochu

Canadian singer and actor

*November 17th, 1982, Quebec City

59

Rock Hudson

American actor (1925–1985)

*November 17th, 1925, Winnetka †October 2nd, 1985, Marina del Rey

40

Christopher Paolini

American writer

*November 17th, 1983, Bühler

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

*November 17th, 1947, Los Angeles †January 4th, 1997, Los Angeles

80

Walter Hallstein

German diplomat and statesman (1901–1982)

*November 17th, 1901, Mainz †March 29th, 1982, Stuttgart

69

Bronzino

Italian Mannerist painter

*November 17th, 1503, Florence †November 23rd, 1572, Florence

79

Jim Boeheim

American basketball coach and player

*November 17th, 1944, Lyons

37

Greg Rutherford

British long jumper

*November 17th, 1986, Milton Keynes

39

Amanda Evora

Figure skater

*November 17th, 1984, New York City

97

Stanley Cohen

American biochemist

*November 17th, 1922, Brooklyn †February 5th, 2020, Nashville

81

Bob Gaudio

American musician

*November 17th, 1942, The Bronx

60

Dylan Walsh

American actor

*November 17th, 1963, Los Angeles

49

Leslie Bibb

American actress

*November 17th, 1974, Bismarck

92

Eugene Wigner

Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995)

*November 17th, 1902, Budapest †January 1st, 1995, Princeton

36

Gemma Spofforth

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, world record holder

*November 17th, 1987, Shoreham-by-Sea

25

Mitzi Ruhlmann

Australian actress

*November 17th, 1998, Australia

39

Adrián Colunga

Spanish footballer

*November 17th, 1984, Oviedo

77

August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer

*November 17th, 1790, Schulpforte †September 26th, 1868, Leipzig

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Public holidays on November 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 17th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1178 is a normal year and no leap year.

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