January 17th, 1945

Born on January 17th, 1945

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 17th, 1945?

January 17th, 1945

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Wallenberg

January 17th, 1945

World War II: Australian troops advanced along the northern part of Bougainville Island (in present-day Papua New Guinea) and began fighting Japanese forces in the Battle of Tsimba Ridge.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

What else happened on January 17th?

January 17th, 1377

Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.

January 17th, 1999

In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.

January 17th, 2010

The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.

January 17th, 2002

Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.

January 17th, 1998

The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.

January 17th, 1989

Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.

January 17th, 1966

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling over the Mediterranean Sea, dropping three hydrogen bombs on land near Palomares, Spain, and a fourth one into the sea.

January 17th, 1961

Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.

January 17th, 1948

Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.

January 17th, 1946

The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House, Westminster.

January 17th, 1920

The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

January 17th, 1917

Denmark sold their portion of the Virgin Islands archipelago to the United States for US$25 million.

January 17th, 1912

Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days.

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

Born on January 17th, 1945

78

Geir Lundestad

Norwegian historian and director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute

*January 17th, 1945, Sulitjelma †September 22nd, 2023

75

Jeanette Fitzsimons

New Zealand politician (1945-2020)

*January 17th, 1945, Dunedin †March 5th, 2020, Thames Hospital

79

Javed Akhtar

Indian writer, poet and lyricist

*January 17th, 1945, Khairabad

77

Anne Cutler

Psycholinguist and educator

*January 17th, 1945, Armadale †June 7th, 2022, Nijmegen

79

Claude Guéant

French politician and official

*January 17th, 1945, Vimy

79

Ib Michael

Danish writer

*January 17th, 1945, Roskilde

79

Preston Pearson

American football player

*January 17th, 1945, Freeport

79

Noel Ratcliffe

Professional golfer

*January 17th, 1945, Sydney

57

Ivan Karabyts

Soviet and Ukrainian composer, conductor

*January 17th, 1945, Yalta †January 20th, 2002, Kyiv

37

Lenny Baker

American actor (1945-1982)

*January 17th, 1945, Brookline †April 12th, 1982, Hallandale Beach

79

Semyon Altov

Russian writer and satirist

*January 17th, 1945, Yekaterinburg

79

Bernard Malherbe

French boxer

*January 17th, 1945, Herblay-sur-Seine

79

Margareta Arvidsson

Swedish beauty pageant contestant

*January 17th, 1945, Gothenburg

79

Asher Grunis

Israeli judge

*January 17th, 1945, Tel Aviv

79

Kuzhikalail M. Abraham

Indian-American chemical engineer

*January 17th, 1945, Ranni Taluk

79

Ian Storey-Moore

English footballer and manager (born 1945)

*January 17th, 1945, Ipswich

79

Gerd Hirzinger

German roboticist

*January 17th, 1945, Schwandorf

70

Carlo De Mejo

Italian actor

*January 17th, 1945, Rome †December 18th, 2015, Rome

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Who's birthday is on January 17th?

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

74

Muhammad Ali

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

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

33

Qiu Zihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Xiamen

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

86

Sonja Sutter

German actress

*January 17th, 1931, Freiburg im Breisgau †June 2nd, 2017, Baden

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

42

Dwyane Wade

American former basketball player

*January 17th, 1982, Chicago

60

Michelle Obama

Lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

*January 17th, 1964, Chicago

47

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

*January 17th, 1977, Zealand

47

Sverre Rotevatn

Norwegian Nordic combined skier

*January 17th, 1977, Lillehammer Municipality

93

James Earl Jones

American actor

*January 17th, 1931, Arkabutla

65

Stefan Ritter

German classical archaeologist

*January 17th, 1959, Schmalkalden

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

66

Eveline Peterson

Badminton player

*January 17th, 1877, Jalpaiguri †November 30th, 1943, Totnes

69

Katalin Karikó

Hungarian biochemist

*January 17th, 1955, Szolnok

37

Jenny Wallwork

British badminton player

*January 17th, 1987, Bolton

33

Yao Xue

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1991, Jingzhou

30

Shen Yaying

Chinese badminton player

*January 17th, 1994, Zhangzhou

73

Sheree North

American actress, dancer, and singer (1932-2005)

*January 17th, 1932, Los Angeles †November 4th, 2005, Los Angeles

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Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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