August 17th, 1931

Born on August 17th, 1931

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What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

Born on August 17th, 1931

92

Jacques Neirynck

Belgian-Swiss engineer and politician (1931-)

*August 17th, 1931, City of Brussels

92

Topsy Küppers

Austrian actor and author

*August 17th, 1931, Aachen

71

Tito García

Actor (1931-2003)

*August 17th, 1931, Salamanca †May 6th, 2003, Madrid

75

Antonio Enríquez Savignac

Mexican politician

*August 17th, 1931, Mexico City †February 7th, 2007, Mexico City

90

Tony Wrigley

British historical demographer (1931-2022)

*August 17th, 1931, Manchester †February 24th, 2022

92

Nicolas Gessner

Swiss theatre and film director and screen writer

*August 17th, 1931, Budapest †August 22nd, 2023, Caen

91

Roslyn Swartzman

Canadian painter

*August 17th, 1931, Montreal †February 5th, 2023

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89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

68

Ted Hughes

English poet and children's writer (1930-1998)

*August 17th, 1930, Mytholmroyd †October 28th, 1998, London

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

85

V. S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)

*August 17th, 1932, Chaguanas †August 11th, 2018, London

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

79

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman

*August 17th, 1944, The Bronx

93

Nicholas Clack

British rower

*August 17th, 1930, Witney

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

67

Evelyn Ankers

Actress (1918-1985)

*August 17th, 1918, Valparaíso †August 29th, 1985, Maui

71

Lothar Bisky

German politician (1941-2013)

*August 17th, 1941, Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship †August 13th, 2013, Leipzig

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

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