August 17th, 1942

Born on August 17th, 1942

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What happened on August 17th, 1942?

August 17th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.

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What else 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.

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

Born on August 17th, 1942

66

Muslim Magomayev

Soviet-Azerbaijani singer

*August 17th, 1942, Baku †October 25th, 2008, Moscow

81

Michel Creton

French actor

*August 17th, 1942, Wassy

81

Margarita Zimmermann

Argentine opera singer

*August 17th, 1942, Pilar

81

Harry Jayawardena

Sri Lankan businessman

*August 17th, 1942, Ja-Ela

81

Alain Veinstein

French writer

*August 17th, 1942, Cannes

81

José María Muriá

Mexican writer and university professor

*August 17th, 1942, Mexico City

81

Ulrich Knellwolf

Swiss author

*August 17th, 1942, Niederbipp

81

Shane Porteous

Australian actor

*August 17th, 1942, Coleraine

79

Federico Granja Ricalde

Mexican politician

*August 17th, 1942, Mérida †November 2nd, 2021, Mérida

81

Sylvia Safdie

Canadian artists

*August 17th, 1942, Aley

81

Tommy Gallagher

Northern Irish politician (born 1942)

*August 17th, 1942, Ballyshannon

81

Thomas P. Grazulis

American meteorologist

*August 17th, 1942, Worcester

81

Tullio Marchiori

Italian hockey player

*August 17th, 1942, Rome

81

Jean Dorion

Canadian politician

*August 17th, 1942, Montreal

81

Roger Remaut

Painter

*August 17th, 1942, Ostend

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80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

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

71

Lothar Bisky

German politician (1941-2013)

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

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

79

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman

*August 17th, 1944, The Bronx

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

74

Julian Fellowes

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

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

77

Jean-Paul Besset

French journalist and politician

*August 17th, 1946, Chamalières

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

96

Jiang Zemin

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

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

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

82

Ibrahim Babangida

Head of State of Nigeria

*August 17th, 1941, Kontagora

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

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81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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