November 17th, 1946

Born on November 17th, 1946

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 28,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 723 days, exactly on April 11th, 2026, people who were born on November 17th, 1946 will be 29,000 days old!

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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, 1946

77

Petra Burka

Canadian figure skater

*November 17th, 1946, Amsterdam

77

Martin Barre

British guitarist

*November 17th, 1946, Birmingham

77

Terry Branstad

American politician

*November 17th, 1946, Leland

70

Welington de Melo

Brazilian mathematician (1946-2016)

*November 17th, 1946, Guapé †December 21st, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

69

Wiesław Rudkowski

Polish boxer

*November 17th, 1946, Łódź †February 14th, 2016, Warsaw

64

Robbie Nichols

American football player (1946-2011)

*November 17th, 1946, Cleveland †June 24th, 2011

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

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

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

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

79

Jim Boeheim

American basketball coach and player

*November 17th, 1944, Lyons

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

57

Peter Cook

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

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

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

78

Abdelmadjid Tebboune

President of Algeria since 2019

*November 17th, 1945, Mécheria

81

Bob Gaudio

American musician

*November 17th, 1942, The Bronx

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

69

Roland Matthes

German swimmer

*November 17th, 1950, Pößneck †December 20th, 2019, Wertheim

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

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

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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