April 17th, 1932

Born on April 17th, 1932

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2014

NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

April 17th, 1986

Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.

April 17th, 1984

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

April 17th, 1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

April 17th, 1973

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

April 17th, 1951

The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.

April 17th, 1907

Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.

April 17th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

April 17th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 17th, 1783

The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

April 17th, 1362

Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, forces of the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured), which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

April 17th, 1080

Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.

April 17th, 2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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

Born on April 17th, 1932

92

Rolf Schneider

German author

*April 17th, 1932, Chemnitz

78

Jiři Strejc

Czech conductor, music educator, composer and organist

*April 17th, 1932, Prague †December 8th, 2010, Prague

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63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

90

Rémy Julienne

French racing driver

*April 17th, 1930, Cepoy †January 21st, 2021, Amilly

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

*April 17th, 1954, Saskatoon †July 31st, 2015, Hollywood

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

85

David Axelrod

American musician, record producer, composer and arranger

*April 17th, 1931, Los Angeles †February 5th, 2017, Burbank

71

Lindsay Anderson

British feature-film, theatre and documentary director and film critic (1923-1994)

*April 17th, 1923, Bengaluru †August 30th, 1994, Angoulême

63

William Holden

American actor (1918–1981)

*April 17th, 1918, O'Fallon †November 12th, 1981, Santa Monica

88

Venantino Venantini

Italian actor (1930-2018)

*April 17th, 1930, Fabriano †October 9th, 2018, Viterbo

81

Malcolm Browne

American photographer and journalist

*April 17th, 1931, New York City †August 27th, 2012, Hanover

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

86

James Last

German musician (1929-2015)

*April 17th, 1929, Bremen †June 9th, 2015, Palm Beach Gardens

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

84

Harold Feinstein

American photographer (1931-2015)

*April 17th, 1931, Brooklyn †June 20th, 2015, Merrimac

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

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68

David McTaggart

Badminton player and Greenpeace founder

*June 24th, 1932, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2001, Paciano

91

Hubert Reeves

Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science

*July 13th, 1932, Montreal †October 13th, 2023, 13th arrondissement of Paris

79

Elizabeth Taylor

British-American actress

*February 27th, 1932, Hampstead Garden Suburb †March 23rd, 2011, Los Angeles

84

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

92

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

84

Howard Hodgkin

British artist (1932-2017)

*August 6th, 1932, Hammersmith †March 9th, 2017, London

91

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

*January 22nd, 1932, Detroit †October 14th, 2023, Los Angeles

86

Jacques Chirac

President of France from 1995 to 2007

*November 29th, 1932, 5th arrondissement of Paris †September 26th, 2019, 6th arrondissement of Paris

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

88

Noëlle Ailloud

Badminton player

*February 19th, 1932, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon †January 6th, 2021, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

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

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

91

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

*December 7th, 1932, Detroit

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

82

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

84

Debbie Reynolds

American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)

*April 1st, 1932, El Paso †December 28th, 2016, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

71

Johnny Cash

American country singer (1932–2003)

*February 26th, 1932, Kingsland †September 12th, 2003, Nashville

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

84

Dan Rooney

American football executive/owner, philanthropist and diplomat (1932-2017)

*July 20th, 1932, Pittsburgh †April 13th, 2017, Pittsburgh

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Leap year

Yes: 1932 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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