June 17th, 1926

Born on June 17th, 1926

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 35,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 259 days, exactly on January 8th, 2025, people who were born on June 17th, 1926 will be 36,000 days old!

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What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, after one of their comrades was arrested, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Ottoman–Hungarian wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

June 17th, 1929

The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

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

Born on June 17th, 1926

80

José Martín Recuerda

Spanish writer and academic

*June 17th, 1926, Granada †June 8th, 2007, Salobreña

67

Manuel Enríquez Salazar

Mexican musician

*June 17th, 1926, Ocotlán Municipality †April 26th, 1994, Mexico City

86

Bernard Dhéran

French actor (1926-2013)

*June 17th, 1926, Dieppe †January 27th, 2013, Marrakesh

89

Jutta Freifrau von Droste zu Hülshoff

(1926-2015)

*June 17th, 1926, Münster †December 23rd, 2015, Billerbeck

90

Jim Williams

American politician (1926-2016)

*June 17th, 1926, Ocala †December 16th, 2016

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Who's birthday is on June 17th?

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

98

Yvon Gattaz

French businessman

*June 17th, 1925, Bourgoin-Jallieu

68

Lucio Fulci

Italian filmmaker (1927–1996)

*June 17th, 1927, Rome †March 13th, 1996, Rome

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

55

Tigran Petrosian

Soviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion

*June 17th, 1929, Tbilisi †August 13th, 1984, Moscow

84

Walter Froneberg

German politician (1932-2017)

*June 17th, 1932, Hattingen †March 9th, 2017, Wetzlar

81

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 17th, 1942, Cairo

88

Alexander Shulgin

American medicinal chemist, biochemist, pharmacologist, psychopharmacologist, and author

*June 17th, 1925, Berkeley †June 2nd, 2014, Berkeley

92

François Jacob

French biologist and geneticist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1965

*June 17th, 1920, Nancy †April 19th, 2013, 14th arrondissement of Paris

88

Ron Carter

New Zealand businessman and engineer

*June 17th, 1935, Auckland

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

95

Setsuko Hara

Japanese actress (1920–2015)

*June 17th, 1920, Yokohama †September 5th, 2015, Kanagawa Prefecture

80

Newt Gingrich

American politician and author (born 1943)

*June 17th, 1943, Harrisburg

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

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Born in 1926

65

Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991)

*October 18th, 1926, Sopot †November 23rd, 1991, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

36

Marilyn Monroe

American actress and model (1926–1962)

*June 1st, 1926, Los Angeles †August 4th, 1962, Brentwood

96

Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022

*April 21st, 1926, Mayfair †September 8th, 2022, Balmoral Castle

90

Fidel Castro

Cuban politician and revolutionary (1926–2016)

*August 13th, 1926, Birán †November 25th, 2016, Havana

95

Jeff Robson

New Zealand badminton and tennis player and administrator

*September 30th, 1926, Palmerston †September 5th, 2022, Auckland City Hospital

91

John Friedmann

American city planner (1926-2017)

*April 16th, 1926, Vienna †June 11th, 2017, Vancouver

97

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

*May 8th, 1926, Isleworth

90

Emil Stehle

German bishop and theologian

*September 3rd, 1926, Mühlhausen †May 16th, 2017, Constance

90

Diana Ingro

Argentinian actress

*October 26th, 1926, Ramos Mejía †March 23rd, 2017, Buenos Aires

46

Piero Drogo

Italian racing driver (1926-1973)

*August 8th, 1926, Vignale Monferrato †April 28th, 1973, Bologna

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

91

Olbram Zoubek

Czech sculptor

*April 21st, 1926, Prague †June 15th, 2017, Prague

57

Michel Foucault

French philosopher

*October 15th, 1926, Poitiers †June 25th, 1984, 13th arrondissement of Paris

93

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

*March 4th, 1926, 16th arrondissement of Paris †September 8th, 2019, 16th arrondissement of Paris

88

Marcello Argilli

Italian journalist and writer

*April 9th, 1926, Rome †October 14th, 2014

90

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor (1926-2017)

*December 24th, 1926, Krasnystaw †April 22nd, 2017, Warsaw

90

Roxcy Bolton

American activist and feminist

*June 3rd, 1926, Duck Hill †May 17th, 2017, Coral Gables

90

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

96

Ted White

American stuntman and actor

*January 25th, 1926, Texas †October 14th, 2022

89

Peter Kolmsee

German military historian

*March 25th, 1926, Cochstedt †February 6th, 2016, Mettmann

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1926 is a normal year and no leap year.

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