July 17th, 1951

Born on July 17th, 1951

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1862

The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London.

July 17th, 1850

William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

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

Born on July 17th, 1951

73

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

73

Irene Bianchi

Argentine journalist, theatre critic, actress and translator

*July 17th, 1951, Buenos Aires

73

Andrew Robathan

British politician (born 1951)

*July 17th, 1951, Surrey

73

Mark Bowden

American writer

*July 17th, 1951, St. Louis

73

Frank Castorf

German theatre director

*July 17th, 1951, Berlin

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

70

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

89

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

77

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

34

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

*July 17th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 25th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

59

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

64

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

71

Hélène Esnault

French mathematician

*July 17th, 1953, Paris

87

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

77

José Catieau

Road bicycle racer

*July 17th, 1946, Coutiches †November 30th, 2023, Saint-Quentin

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

*July 17th, 1931, Finsterwalde †August 24th, 2017, Berlin

28

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

75

Geezer Butler

English bassist

*July 17th, 1949, Birmingham

30

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

46

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

66

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese screenwriter, film producer and film director

*July 17th, 1958, Shanghai

45

Nicolette Larson

American singer

*July 17th, 1952, Helena †December 16th, 1997, Los Angeles

39

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1951

73

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

73

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

73

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

73

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

73

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

73

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

73

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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