November 17th, 1929

Born on November 17th, 1929

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on November 17th, 1929

85

Charles Kalman

Austrian composer (1929-2015)

*November 17th, 1929, Vienna †February 22nd, 2015, Munich

69

Norm Zauchin

American baseball player

*November 17th, 1929, Royal Oak †January 31st, 1999, Birmingham

83

Gorō Naya

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator

*November 17th, 1929, Hakodate †March 5th, 2013, Chiba

28

Jimmy Reece

Racecar driver

*November 17th, 1929, Oklahoma City †September 28th, 1958, Trenton

78

Elmer H. Antonsen

American linguist (1929-2008)

*November 17th, 1929, Glens Falls †August 25th, 2008, Urbana

85

Ranko Žeravica

Serbian basketball coach

*November 17th, 1929, Novo Miloševo †October 29th, 2015, Belgrade

82

Werner Schürmann

German sculptor

*November 17th, 1929, Dresden †April 24th, 2012

87

Trevor Martin

Scottish theatre, TV and film actor (1929–2017)

*November 17th, 1929, Edinburgh †October 5th, 2017, Sofia

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

57

Peter Cook

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

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

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

59

Rock Hudson

American actor (1925–1985)

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

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

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

75

Bob Mathias

American athlete and congressman (1930–2006)

*November 17th, 1930, Tulare †September 2nd, 2006, Fresno

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

97

Stanley Cohen

American biochemist

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

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

75

Don Lawrence

British comics artist and author

*November 17th, 1928, London †December 29th, 2003, Eastbourne

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

90

Fenella Fielding

English actress (1927–2018)

*November 17th, 1927, London †September 11th, 2018, Hammersmith

Same year
Born in 1929

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

91

Kurt Rudolph

German religious studies scholar

*April 3rd, 1929, Dresden †May 13th, 2020

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

87

Kathleen Crowley

American actress and beauty pageant contestant (1929-2017)

*December 26th, 1929, Green Bank †April 23rd, 2017, Green Bank

91

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor

*December 13th, 1929, Toronto †February 5th, 2021, Weston

87

Chuck Barris

American game show creator, producer, and host (1929-2017)

*June 3rd, 1929, Philadelphia †March 21st, 2017, Palisades

95

Christian Meier

German historian of ancient history and professor

*February 16th, 1929, Słupsk

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

52

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

70

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

83

Robert Bonnaud

Historian

*November 13th, 1929, Marseille †January 22nd, 2013, 13th arrondissement of Paris

87

Hans Koschnick

German politician (SPD), Mayor of Bremen (1929-2016)

*April 2nd, 1929, Bremen †April 21st, 2016, Bremen

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

86

Bud Spencer

Italian actor, professional swimmer and water polo player (1929–2016)

*October 31st, 1929, Naples †June 27th, 2016, Rome

94

Milan Kundera

Franco-Czech poet and novelist

*April 1st, 1929, Brno †July 11th, 2023, 7th arrondissement of Paris

85

Karl Otto Pöhl

German banker (1929–2014)

*December 1st, 1929, Hanover †December 9th, 2014, Switzerland

87

Michael M. Ryan

American actor (1929-2017)

*March 19th, 1929, Wichita †March 1st, 2017, Kansas City

87

Josef Válka

Czech historian (1929-2017)

*July 13th, 1929, Borač †May 13th, 2017, Brno

15

Anne Frank

German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)

*June 12th, 1929, Maingau Clinic of the Red Cross †February 1st, 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1929 is a normal year and no leap year.

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