July 17th, 1933

Born on July 17th, 1933

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 847 days, exactly on August 18th, 2026, people who were born on July 17th, 1933 will be 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

Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom.

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, 1850

The first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun, a daguerreotype of Vega (pictured), was taken by William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple.

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).

July 17th, 1984

The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

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

Born on July 17th, 1933

84

Ben Riley

American drummer

*July 17th, 1933, Savannah †November 18th, 2017, New York City

90

Mimi Hines

Canadian-American actress and singer

*July 17th, 1933, Vancouver

73

Tony Pithey

South African cricketer (1933-2006)

*July 17th, 1933, Mutare †November 17th, 2006, Southbroom

89

Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici

Maltese politician (born 1933)

*July 17th, 1933, Bormla †November 5th, 2022, Bormla

80

Keiko Awaji

Japanese actor

*July 17th, 1933, Tokyo †January 11th, 2014, Minato

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 17th?

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

84

Diahann Carroll

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

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

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

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

86

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (born 1935)

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

88

Ray Galton

British screenwriter (1930–2018)

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

33

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

88

Quino

Argentine cartoonist

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

76

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

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

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

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

72

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

58

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

89

Lucio Tan

Filipino businessman

*July 17th, 1934, Jinjiang

27

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

29

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

63

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

95

Phyllis Diller

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

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

77

José Catieau

Road bicycle racer

*July 17th, 1946, Coutiches †November 30th, 2023, Saint-Quentin

Same year
Born in 1933

70

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

*January 14th, 1933, Kansas City †March 9th, 2003, Victoria

84

Richard Schickel

American film scholar

*February 10th, 1933, Milwaukee †February 18th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Giuliano Sarti

Italian footballer (1933-2017)

*October 2nd, 1933, Castello d'Argile †June 5th, 2017, Rome

82

Charlie Hodge

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 28th, 1933, Lachine †April 16th, 2016, Vancouver

88

Jean-Paul Belmondo

French actor (1933–2021)

*April 9th, 1933, Neuilly-sur-Seine †September 6th, 2021, 7th arrondissement of Paris

86

Kadir Mısıroğlu

Turkish lawyer and writer

*January 24th, 1933, Akçaabat †May 5th, 2019, Istanbul

90

David McCallum

Scottish actor (1933-2023)

*September 19th, 1933, Maryhill †September 25th, 2023, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

91

Michael Caine

English actor (born 1933)

*March 14th, 1933, Rotherhithe

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

83

Elaine Fantham

British classical philologist

*May 25th, 1933, Liverpool †July 11th, 2016, Toronto

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

83

Beppo Mauhart

Austrian manager (1933-2017)

*September 14th, 1933, Enns †May 7th, 2017, Vienna

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

84

Peter Ehlers

German footballer and coach (1933-2017)

*January 22nd, 1933, Kiel †June 5th, 2017

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

34

Jayne Mansfield

American actress and Playmate

*April 19th, 1933, Bryn Mawr †June 29th, 1967, Slidell

82

Oliver Sacks

British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)

*July 9th, 1933, Willesden †August 30th, 2015, Greenwich Village

79

Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau

90

Carol Burnett

American actress, comedian and singer

*April 26th, 1933, San Antonio

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1933 is a normal year and no leap year.

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