June 17th, 1931

Born on June 17th, 1931

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 33,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 90 days, exactly on July 18th, 2024, people who were born on June 17th, 1931 will be 34,000 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, 1931

88

John Baldessari

American artist (1931-2020)

*June 17th, 1931, National City †January 2nd, 2020, Venice

92

Mignon Dunn

American mezzo-soprano opera singer

*June 17th, 1931, Memphis

81

Lloyd Koch

Cricketer (1931-2013)

*June 17th, 1931, Pietermaritzburg †April 16th, 2013, West Byfleet

90

João Lyra

Brazilian politician

*June 17th, 1931, Recife †August 12th, 2021, Maceió

84

Yves Barsacq

French film actor

*June 17th, 1931, 14th arrondissement of Paris †October 4th, 2015, Albenga

69

Edward Frederick Anderson

American botanist (1931-2001)

*June 17th, 1931, Covina †March 29th, 2001

86

Dominic Frontiere

American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist (1931-2017)

*June 17th, 1931, New Haven †December 21st, 2017, Tesuque

Same Day
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

84

Walter Froneberg

German politician (1932-2017)

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

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

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

88

Ron Carter

New Zealand businessman and engineer

*June 17th, 1935, Auckland

98

Yvon Gattaz

French businessman

*June 17th, 1925, Bourgoin-Jallieu

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

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

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

87

Ken Loach

English film director and screenwriter

*June 17th, 1936, Nuneaton

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

80

Newt Gingrich

American politician and author (born 1943)

*June 17th, 1943, Harrisburg

75

Sabin Bălașa

Romanian artist (1932-2008)

*June 17th, 1932, Dobriceni †April 1st, 2008, Bucharest

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

68

Lucio Fulci

Italian filmmaker (1927–1996)

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

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

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Born in 1931

92

Erik Dammann

Norwegian writer and environmentalist

*May 9th, 1931, Oslo

69

Gloria Talbott

American actress (1931-2000)

*February 7th, 1931, Glendale †September 19th, 2000, Glendale

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

88

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

80

Bernhard Schrader

German chemist (1931-2012)

*March 15th, 1931, Quedlinburg †January 8th, 2012, Essen

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

93

William Shatner

Canadian actor

*March 22nd, 1931, Montreal

87

Lise Henningsen

Danish actress (1931-2019)

*September 5th, 1931, Copenhagen †January 28th, 2019, Copenhagen

84

William Bast

Author, screenwriter (1931-2015)

*April 3rd, 1931, Milwaukee †May 4th, 2015, Los Angeles

76

Boris Yeltsin

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

*February 1st, 1931, Butka †April 23rd, 2007, Moscow

72

Gerhard Rosenfeld

German composer

*February 10th, 1931, Königsberg †March 5th, 2003, Bergholz-Rehbrücke

85

Massimo Fagioli

Italian film director, screenwriter, author and psychiatrist

*May 19th, 1931, Monte Giberto †February 13th, 2017, Rome

93

Rupert Murdoch

Australian-born American media mogul (born 1931)

*March 11th, 1931, Melbourne

73

Anne Bancroft

American actress (1931–2005)

*September 17th, 1931, The Bronx †June 6th, 2005, New York City

81

Larry Hagman

American actor (1931–2012)

*September 21st, 1931, Fort Worth †November 23rd, 2012, Dallas

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

89

John le Carré

British novelist and spy (1931-2020)

*October 19th, 1931, Poole †December 12th, 2020, Royal Cornwall Hospital

88

Rip Torn

American actor (1931–2019)

*February 6th, 1931, Temple †July 9th, 2019, Lakeville

92

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress

*December 11th, 1931, Humacao

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1931 is a normal year and no leap year.

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