April 17th, 1947

Born on April 17th, 1947

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What 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.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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

Born on April 17th, 1947

77

Albert Dess

German politician

*April 17th, 1947, Berngau

59

Werner Hackmann

Politician (1947-2007)

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

75

Achim Großmann

German politician

*April 17th, 1947, Aachen †April 14th, 2023

77

Charles Frank

American actor

*April 17th, 1947, Olympia

77

Zdeněk Maryška

Czech dubbing actor and actor

*April 17th, 1947, Mariánské Lázně

77

Tsutomu Wakamatsu

Baseball player

*April 17th, 1947, Rumoi

77

George Emslie, Lord Emslie

Scottish judge (born 1947)

*April 17th, 1947, Edinburgh

77

Sherrie Levine

American photographer and conceptual artist

*April 17th, 1947, Hazleton

53

Carlos Castillo Peraza

Mexican politician

*April 17th, 1947, Mérida †September 8th, 2000, Bonn

69

Klaus Seehafer

German author

*April 17th, 1947, Alsfeld †May 23rd, 2016, Bitterfeld

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

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

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

74

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

76

Jan Hammer

Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer

*April 17th, 1948, Prague

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

73

Olivia Hussey

British-Argentinian actress

*April 17th, 1951, Buenos Aires

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

78

Clare Francis

British writer and former yachtswoman

*April 17th, 1946, Thames Ditton

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

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

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

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

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

*April 17th, 1981, Barrow-in-Furness

Same year
Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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