August 17th, 1947

Born on August 17th, 1947

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What happened on August 17th, 1947?

August 17th, 1947

The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Line

What else happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

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

Born on August 17th, 1947

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

76

Jennifer Rhodes

American actress

*August 17th, 1947, Rosiclare

68

Mohamed Abdelaziz

Sahrawi politician

*August 17th, 1947, Laayoune †May 31st, 2016, Tindouf

76

Ashokpuri Goswami

Gujarati poet and writer

*August 17th, 1947, Borsad

76

Algis Oleknavicius

Cyclist

*August 17th, 1947, Kirchheim unter Teck

76

Gary Talley

American musician

*August 17th, 1947, Memphis

69

Jimmy Thomas

American football player (1947-2017)

*August 17th, 1947, Greenville †June 5th, 2017

76

Pedro Ruiz

Spanish tv presenter (*1947)

*August 17th, 1947, Barcelona

76

Blanca Ibáñez Piña

Venezuelan politician and widow of former president

*August 17th, 1947, San Cristóbal

74

Ramón Pedrós Martí

Spanish journalist, editor, poet, essayist and university professor

*August 17th, 1947, Lleida †September 28th, 2021, Cambrils

76

Jim Dorey

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 17th, 1947, Toronto

76

Leon Harden

Player of American football

*August 17th, 1947, Kansas City

76

Ivo Pranjković

Croatian linguist

*August 17th, 1947, Kotor Varoš

76

Vera Grushkina

Soviet high jumper

*August 17th, 1947, Saint Petersburg

76

Eileen Cowin

American artist

*August 17th, 1947, Brooklyn

76

John Symond

Australian businessman

*August 17th, 1947, Crookwell

73

A. M. M. Safiullah

Bangladeshi academic (1947-2021)

*August 17th, 1947, Mymensingh †April 24th, 2021

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Who's birthday is on August 17th?

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

77

Jean-Paul Besset

French journalist and politician

*August 17th, 1946, Chamalières

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

79

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman

*August 17th, 1944, The Bronx

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

71

Lothar Bisky

German politician (1941-2013)

*August 17th, 1941, Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship †August 13th, 2013, Leipzig

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

33

David Koresh

American religious sect leader of Branch Davidians (1959-1993)

*August 17th, 1959, Houston †April 19th, 1993, Mount Carmel Center

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

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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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