July 17th, 1930

Born on July 17th, 1930

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 34,000 days old!

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What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1862

The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London.

July 17th, 1850

William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

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

Born on July 17th, 1930

88

Ray Galton

British screenwriter (1930–2018)

*July 17th, 1930, Paddington †October 5th, 2018, Paddington

80

Sachin Bhowmick

Film screenwriter and director (1930-2011)

*July 17th, 1930, Kolkata †April 12th, 2011, Mumbai

65

Georges Carrère

French actor (1930-1995)

*July 17th, 1930, Biarritz †August 11th, 1995, Montreal

78

Ryōhei Hirose

Japanese composer

*July 17th, 1930, Hakodate †November 24th, 2008, Kyoto

69

Dick Hammer

American actor and Olympic volleyball player (1930-1999)

*July 17th, 1930, Long Beach †October 18th, 1999, Long Beach

90

David Lunn

Bishop of Sheffield (born 1930)

*July 17th, 1930, Tyneside †November 30th, 2020

87

Sue England

American actress

*July 17th, 1930, Tulsa †March 19th, 2018

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Who's birthday is on July 17th?

89

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

70

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

*July 17th, 1931, Finsterwalde †August 24th, 2017, Berlin

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

87

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

34

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

77

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

81

Wojciech Kilar

Polish composer and pianist (1932–2013)

*July 17th, 1932, Lviv †December 29th, 2013, Katowice

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

*July 17th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 25th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

88

Quino

Argentine cartoonist

*July 17th, 1932, Guaymallén †September 30th, 2020, Luján de Cuyo

88

Jimmy Scott

American jazz singer (1925-2014)

*July 17th, 1925, Cleveland †June 12th, 2014, Las Vegas

59

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

73

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

28

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

95

Phyllis Diller

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)

*July 17th, 1917, Lima †August 20th, 2012, Brentwood

30

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

64

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

46

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

97

Kenan Evren

Turkish general (1917-2015)

*July 17th, 1917, Kula †May 9th, 2015, Ankara

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Born in 1930

88

Jean Guillou

French composer, organist, pianist

*April 18th, 1930, Angers †January 26th, 2019, Paris

74

Kjell Bækkelund

Norwegian musician (1930-2004)

*May 6th, 1930, Oslo †May 13th, 2004, Oslo

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati

93

José Luis Álvarez Álvarez

Spanish politician and diplomat (1930-2023)

*April 4th, 1930, Madrid †August 23rd, 2023, Cartagena

86

Magdalena Abakanowicz

Polish textile artist and sculptor (1930–2017)

*June 20th, 1930, Falenty †April 20th, 2017, Warsaw

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

86

Mildred Dresselhaus

American physicist (1930-2017)

*November 11th, 1930, The Bronx †February 20th, 2017, Mount Auburn Hospital

87

Helmut Kohl

Chancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1930–2017)

*April 3rd, 1930, Friesenheim †June 16th, 2017, Oggersheim

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

71

Joan Sims

English actress (1930-2001)

*May 9th, 1930, Basildon †June 27th, 2001, London

50

Preben Kaas

Danish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist

*March 30th, 1930, Aalborg †March 27th, 1981, Copenhagen

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

*January 30th, 1930, Děčín †September 18th, 2010, Koblenz

78

Erika Uitz

German historian of middle ages

*November 30th, 1930, Chemnitz †January 1st, 2009, Berlin

92

Rolf Eden

German businessman and nightclub owner

*February 6th, 1930, Berlin †August 11th, 2022, Berlin

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

80

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

*June 29th, 1930, New York City †October 26th, 2019, Beverly Hills

94

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1930 is a normal year and no leap year.

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