November 17th, 1947

Born on November 17th, 1947

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What happened on November 17th, 1947?

November 17th, 1947

American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen

What else 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.

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

Born on November 17th, 1947

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

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

76

James Warwick

English actor

*November 17th, 1947, Broxbourne

70

Will Vinton

American animator (1947-2018)

*November 17th, 1947, McMinnville †October 4th, 2018, Portland

76

Rod Clements

British musician

*November 17th, 1947, North Shields

76

Robert Post

American legal scholar

*November 17th, 1947, Brooklyn

76

Ahliman Amiraslanov

Oncologist, a professor and Rector of Azerbaijan Medical University

*November 17th, 1947, Sotk

76

Alfred Dagenbach

German politician

*November 17th, 1947, Heilbronn

76

Sigrid Noack

German painter

*November 17th, 1947, Guben

67

Jorge Sassi

Argentine actor

*November 17th, 1947, Rafaela †February 9th, 2015, Buenos Aires

68

Tamás Somló

Hungarian musician (1947-2016)

*November 17th, 1947, Budapest †July 19th, 2016, Budapest

76

Steven E. de Souza

American film director

*November 17th, 1947, Philadelphia

67

Keith Remfry

British judoka

*November 17th, 1947, Ealing †September 16th, 2015

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34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

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

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

77

Petra Burka

Canadian figure skater

*November 17th, 1946, Amsterdam

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

79

Jim Boeheim

American basketball coach and player

*November 17th, 1944, Lyons

77

Martin Barre

British guitarist

*November 17th, 1946, Birmingham

69

Roland Matthes

German swimmer

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

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

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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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