November 17th, 1944

Born on November 17th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 986 days, exactly on January 6th, 2027, people who were born on November 17th, 1944 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 2013

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

November 17th, 2012

In Manfalut, Egypt, a school bus was hit by a train, killing at least 50 children.

November 17th, 2009

Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.

November 17th, 1997

Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting the Disney Renaissance.

November 17th, 1968

NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.

November 17th, 1950

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

November 17th, 1943

World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.

November 17th, 1941

World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

November 17th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's line of retreat.

November 17th, 1592

Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.

November 17th, 1558

Elizabeth I (pictured) became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.

November 17th, 1292

John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.

November 17th, 2019

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

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

Born on November 17th, 1944

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

79

Jim Boeheim

American basketball coach and player

*November 17th, 1944, Lyons

79

Rem Koolhaas

Dutch architect (b.1944)

*November 17th, 1944, Rotterdam

79

Lorne Michaels

Canadian-American television producer and writer

*November 17th, 1944, Toronto

75

Tom Seaver

American baseball player

*November 17th, 1944, Fresno †August 31st, 2020, Calistoga

79

Malcolm Bruce

British politician (born 1944)

*November 17th, 1944, Birkenhead

79

John-David F. Bartoe

American astrophysicist and astronaut

*November 17th, 1944, Abington Township

79

Arturo Puig Petrosini

Argentine theatre, television and motion picture actor

*November 17th, 1944, Buenos Aires

79

Hagen Müller

German politician

*November 17th, 1944, Poznań

21

Sammy Younge Jr.

American activist

*November 17th, 1944, Tuskegee †January 3rd, 1966, Tuskegee

63

Édouard Kula

French association football player (1944-2007)

*November 17th, 1944, 10th arrondissement of Paris †November 29th, 2007, 5th arrondissement of Marseille

69

Marlbert Pradd

Basketball player

*November 17th, 1944, Chicago †April 27th, 2014, New Orleans

75

Daniel Yuste

Spanish cyclist (1944-2020)

*November 17th, 1944, Leganés †March 26th, 2020, Madrid

40

Luis Rogelio Nogueras

Cuban poet, journalist and screenwriter (1944-1985)

*November 17th, 1944, Havana †July 6th, 1985, Havana

46

Gene Clark

American singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist

*November 17th, 1944, Tipton †May 24th, 1991, Sherman Oaks

63

Roberta Collins

American actress (1944-2008)

*November 17th, 1944, United States of America †August 16th, 2008, Los Angeles

79

Gary Goldman

American film director and producer (born 1944)

*November 17th, 1944, Oakland

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

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

*November 17th, 1947, Los Angeles †January 4th, 1997, Los Angeles

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

81

Bob Gaudio

American musician

*November 17th, 1942, The Bronx

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

80

Lauren Hutton

American model, actress, and entrepreneur

*November 17th, 1943, Charleston

77

Petra Burka

Canadian figure skater

*November 17th, 1946, Amsterdam

78

Abdelmadjid Tebboune

President of Algeria since 2019

*November 17th, 1945, Mécheria

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

77

Martin Barre

British guitarist

*November 17th, 1946, Birmingham

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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