April 17th, 1946

Born on April 17th, 1946

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What happened on April 17th, 1946?

April 17th, 1946

The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(Syria)

What else 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.

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

Born on April 17th, 1946

78

Clare Francis

British writer and former yachtswoman

*April 17th, 1946, Thames Ditton

78

Kerry O'Brien

Australian athlete

*April 17th, 1946, Port Augusta

78

Henry Kelly

Irish DJ

*April 17th, 1946, Athlone

75

Sabina Ajrula

Macedonian Turkish actress

*April 17th, 1946, Skopje †August 10th, 2021, North Macedonia

60

Hannah Nydahl

Buddhist teacher and translator from Denmark (1946-2007)

*April 17th, 1946, Copenhagen †April 1st, 2007, Copenhagen

78

Michèle Richard

Canadian actor and television presenter

*April 17th, 1946, Sherbrooke

48

Georges J. F. Köhler

German immunologist (1946-1995)

*April 17th, 1946, Munich †March 1st, 1995, Freiburg im Breisgau

76

Àngel Casas i Mas

Spanish journalist, writer and television presenter

*April 17th, 1946, Sants †October 1st, 2022, Barcelona

58

Neil Campbell

American scientist (1946-2004)

*April 17th, 1946, Culver City †October 21st, 2004, Redlands

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

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

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

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

77

Albert Dess

German politician

*April 17th, 1947, Berngau

74

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

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

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

*April 17th, 1961, Helena †December 23rd, 2020, Manhattan

73

Olivia Hussey

British-Argentinian actress

*April 17th, 1951, Buenos Aires

59

Werner Hackmann

Politician (1947-2007)

*April 17th, 1947, Hamburg †January 28th, 2007, Hamburg

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

76

Jan Hammer

Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer

*April 17th, 1948, Prague

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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