November 21st, 1717

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Born on November 21st, 1717 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on November 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on November 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (November 1717)

Born on November 21st, 1717

Weekday

Sunday

November 21st, 1717 was a Sunday.

Age

306

People born on November 21st, 1717 will turn 307 this year (2024), in exactly 208 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1717 - November 22nd, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 78 days, exactly on July 14th, 2024, people who were born on November 21st, 1717 will be 112,000 days old!

111,922 Days

15,988 Weeks

3,677 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on November 21st?

November 21st, 2015

The Belgian government imposed a four-day security lockdown in Brussels based on information about potential terrorist attacks.

November 21st, 2012

A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel, injuring at least 28 people on board.

November 21st, 2009

An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108 miners.

November 21st, 1977

"God Defend New Zealand" became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with "God Save the King", which had been the traditional anthem since 1840.

November 21st, 1974

Bombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later exonerated.

November 21st, 1970

Vietnam War: American forces raided the North Vietnamese Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to rescue 61 American POWs who were thought to be held there.

November 21st, 1964

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (pictured), connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.

November 21st, 1961

La Ronde (pictured), the first revolving restaurant in the United States, was inaugurated.

November 21st, 1959

American disc jockey Alan Freed (pictured), who popularized the term rock and roll, was fired from WABC-AM for his role in the payola scandal.

November 21st, 1950

Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada, killing 21 people; the subsequent trial brought future prime minister John Diefenbaker to greater political attention.

November 21st, 1945

Manzanar, a camp in California for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was closed.

November 21st, 1922

Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, albeit for only one day.

November 21st, 1920

Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the IRA assassinated a group of British intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.

November 21st, 1894

First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the Chinese city of Port Arthur, the Japanese army began a massacre of the city's soldiers and civilians.

November 21st, 1877

Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a device able to record and play sound.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 21st

Born on November 21st, 1717

Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg

German noble (1717-1778)

*November 21st, 1717, Rotenburg an der Fulda †September 1st, 1778, Palazzo Carignano

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Who's birthday is on November 21st?

Voltaire

French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

*November 21st, 1694, Paris †May 30th, 1778, Paris

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg

German music critic, music-theorist and composer

*November 21st, 1718, Wendemark †May 22nd, 1795, Berlin

Harald Lie

Norwegian composer

*November 21st, 1902, Oslo †May 23rd, 1942, Oslo

Knud Hilding

Actor

*November 21st, 1921, Denmark †September 14th, 1975, Denmark

Christian Gottlob Frege

German merchant (1715-1781)

*November 21st, 1715, Lampertswalde †May 20th, 1781, Leipzig

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

Fabian Delph

English association football player (born 1989)

*November 21st, 1989, Bradford

Cherry Jones

American actress

*November 21st, 1956, Paris

Natalia Makarova

Soviet and American ballet dancer

*November 21st, 1940, Saint Petersburg

Rian Sukmawan

Badminton player

*November 21st, 1984, Semarang City †February 27th, 2016

Juliet Mills

British-American actress

*November 21st, 1941, London

Colleen Ballinger

American comedian, singer and media personality

*November 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Diego Demme

German association football player

*November 21st, 1991, Herford

Paolo Renier

119th, and penultimate, Doge of Venice

*November 21st, 1710, Venice †February 13th, 1789, Venice

Jimmi Simpson

American film and television actor

*November 21st, 1975, Hackettstown

Ralph Meeker

American actor (1920-1988)

*November 21st, 1920, Minneapolis †August 5th, 1988, Woodland Hills

Joseph Campanella

American actor (1924–2018)

*November 21st, 1924, New York City †May 16th, 2018, Sherman Oaks

Michael Grant

British classicist, numismatist, historian and author (1914-2004)

*November 21st, 1914, London †October 4th, 2004, London

Laurence Luckinbill

American actor, playwright, director, and film and television producer

*November 21st, 1934, Fort Smith

Goldie Hawn

American actress

*November 21st, 1945, Washington, D.C.

Same year
Born in 1717

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

*July 5th, 1717, Lisbon †May 25th, 1786, Sintra

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence

Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, London

Mustafa III

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774

*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, Constantinople

Jean Dugain

French slave hunter and explorer

*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787

Louis François, Prince of Conti

French noble and art collector (1717-1776)

*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris

George Augustus Eliott

1st Lord Heathfield and Baron of Gibraltar, Army General, Governor of Gibraltar; (1717-1790)

*December 25th, 1717, Roxburghshire †July 6th, 1790, Aachen

Cardinal de Soubise

Catholic cardinal

*December 1st, 1717, Paris †June 28th, 1756, Saverne

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

*February 14th, 1717, London †September 17th, 1802, Richmond

Norbert Grund

Czech painter (1717-1767)

*December 4th, 1717, Prague †July 17th, 1767, Prague

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park

Philipp Erasmus Reich

German publisher

*December 1st, 1717, Laubach †December 3rd, 1787, Leipzig

Johann Augustin Dietelmair

*January 1st, 1717, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1785

Johann Stamitz

Czech composer and violinist

*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, Mannheim

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.XI.MDCCXVII

21.11.1717

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.

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November 21st, 1717

Born on November 21st, 1717

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 111,000 days old!

111,922 Days

15,988 Weeks

3,677 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on November 21st?

The Belgian government imposed a four-day security lockdown in Brussels based on information about potential terrorist attacks.

A remote-controlled bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv, Israel, injuring at least 28 people on board.

An explosion in a coal mine in Heilongjiang, China, killed 108 miners.

"God Defend New Zealand" became New Zealand's second national anthem, on equal standing with "God Save the King", which had been the traditional anthem since 1840.

Bombs exploded in two pubs in central Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and leading to the imprisonment of six people who were later exonerated.

Vietnam War: American forces raided the North Vietnamese Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to rescue 61 American POWs who were thought to be held there.

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (pictured), connecting Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.

La Ronde (pictured), the first revolving restaurant in the United States, was inaugurated.

American disc jockey Alan Freed (pictured), who popularized the term rock and roll, was fired from WABC-AM for his role in the payola scandal.

Two trains collided near Valemount, Canada, killing 21 people; the subsequent trial brought future prime minister John Diefenbaker to greater political attention.

Manzanar, a camp in California for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was closed.

Rebecca Latimer Felton became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, albeit for only one day.

Irish War of Independence: On Bloody Sunday in Dublin, the IRA assassinated a group of British intelligence agents, and British forces killed 14 civilians at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park.

First Sino-Japanese War: After capturing the Chinese city of Port Arthur, the Japanese army began a massacre of the city's soldiers and civilians.

Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a device able to record and play sound.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 21st

Born on November 21st, 1717

German noble (1717-1778)

Same Day Who's birthday is on November 21st?

Same year Born in 1717

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 21st

Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh)

Amelberga of Susteren

Digain

Maurus of Parentium

Pope Gelasius I

Franciszka Siedliska

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Rufus of Rome (no. 7 in list)

William Byrd, John Merbecke and Thomas Tallis (Episcopal Church (USA))

November 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

World Television Day (United Nations observance)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.11.1717

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 21st

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Calendar
November 1717

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