October 17th, 1924

Born on October 17th, 1924

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 36,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 17th?

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

October 17th, 2019

The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.

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

Born on October 17th, 1924

85

Don Coryell

American football coach (1924–2010)

*October 17th, 1924, Seattle †July 1st, 2010, La Mesa

93

Fredd Wayne

American actor (1924-2018)

*October 17th, 1924, Akron †August 27th, 2018

66

Giacomo Mari

Italian footballer and manager

*October 17th, 1924, Vescovato †October 16th, 1991, Cremona

88

Anton Geiser

Croatian SS guard

*October 17th, 1924, Selci Đakovački †December 21st, 2012, Pittsburgh

88

António Ramos Rosa

Portuguese writer (1924-2013)

*October 17th, 1924, Faro †September 23rd, 2013, Lisbon

95

Rolando Panerai

Italian opera singer (1924-2019)

*October 17th, 1924, Campi Bisenzio †October 22nd, 2019, Florence

85

Lattie Moore

American musician

*October 17th, 1924, Kentucky †June 13th, 2010

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66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

65

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

68

Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

*October 17th, 1918, New York City †May 14th, 1987, Upper West Side

85

Paxton Whitehead

British actor (1937–2023)

*October 17th, 1937, East Malling and Larkfield †June 16th, 2023, Arlington County

45

Montgomery Clift

American actor (1920–1966)

*October 17th, 1920, Omaha †July 23rd, 1966, New York City

85

Zhao Ziyang

Former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

*October 17th, 1919, Hua County †January 17th, 2005, Beijing

77

Cameron Mackintosh

British theatre and musical producer

*October 17th, 1946, London Borough of Enfield

56

Venus Terzo

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1967, Montreal

54

Wyclef Jean

Haitian rapper

*October 17th, 1969, Croix-des-Bouquets

92

Julie Adams

American actress (1926–2019)

*October 17th, 1926, Waterloo †February 3rd, 2019, Los Angeles

104

Marsha Hunt

American actress (1917–2022)

*October 17th, 1917, Chicago †September 7th, 2022, Sherman Oaks

57

Mark Gatiss

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

*October 17th, 1966, Sedgefield

63

Guy Henry

British actor

*October 17th, 1960, London

49

Matthew Macfadyen

English actor

*October 17th, 1974, Great Yarmouth

89

Arthur Miller

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

*October 17th, 1915, New York City †February 10th, 2005, Roxbury

23

Georg Büchner

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose

*October 17th, 1813, Goddelau †February 19th, 1837, Zürich

76

Michael McKean

American actor

*October 17th, 1947, New York City

69

Evel Knievel

American stunt performer and artist (1938-2007)

*October 17th, 1938, Butte †November 30th, 2007, Clearwater

90

Bill Anders

American astronaut

*October 17th, 1933, British Hong Kong

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80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

90

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

98

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

80

Erik Balling

Danish film director

*November 29th, 1924, Nyborg †November 19th, 2005, Copenhagen

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 17th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1924 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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