August 17th, 1950

Born on August 17th, 1950

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What happened on August 17th, 1950?

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War

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, 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.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

Born on August 17th, 1950

73

Jānis Bulis

Latvian bishop

*August 17th, 1950, Briģi Parish

73

Christian Kohlund

Swiss actor

*August 17th, 1950, Basel

73

Jose Thettayil

Indian politician, trade unionist, advocate, and a member of Janata Dal (Secular)

*August 17th, 1950, Angamaly

73

Barry Ted Moskowitz

United States federal judge

*August 17th, 1950, Paterson

73

Sai Mauk Kham

Vice President of Myanmar

*August 17th, 1950, Muse

73

G. Sutton Breiding

American poet

*August 17th, 1950, Elkins

73

Geraint Jarman

Welsh musician and poet

*August 17th, 1950, Denbigh

73

Vasudevan Baskaran

Field hockey player

*August 17th, 1950, Arani

73

Sharat Saxena

Indian actor

*August 17th, 1950, Satna

73

Calvin Demery

American football wide receiver

*August 17th, 1950, Phoenix

73

Nitza Margarita Cintron

Puerto Rican scientist

*August 17th, 1950, San Juan

73

Dave Frederickson

South African rugby union footballer

*August 17th, 1950, Lichtenburg

73

Nasir-ul-Mulk

Pakistani jurist and politician (born 1950)

*August 17th, 1950, Swat District

73

Dave Lemanczyk

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1950, Syracuse

73

Hsu Feng

Taiwanese actress and film producer

*August 17th, 1950, Taipei

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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

74

Julian Fellowes

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

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

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

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

71

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian automobile racer

*August 17th, 1952, Rio de Janeiro

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

77

Jean-Paul Besset

French journalist and politician

*August 17th, 1946, Chamalières

79

Larry Ellison

American internet entrepreneur and businessman

*August 17th, 1944, The Bronx

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

33

David Koresh

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

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

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

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Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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