August 17th, 1951

Born on August 17th, 1951

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

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, 1951

72

Konrad Weise

German footballer (born 1951)

*August 17th, 1951, Greiz

72

Sandra White

Scottish politician (born 1951)

*August 17th, 1951, Glasgow

72

Elba Ramalho

Brazilian singer

*August 17th, 1951, Conceição

72

Raj Jain

American computer scientist

*August 17th, 1951, Satna

72

Sukampol Suwannathat

Thai Air Force officer and politician

*August 17th, 1951, Bangkok

72

Butch Hobson

American baseball player and manager (born 1951)

*August 17th, 1951, Tuscaloosa

72

Dahlan Iskan

Government minister

*August 17th, 1951, Magetan

72

Sharon Pritchett

Florida State Representative

*August 17th, 1951, Miami

69

Alan Minter

Middleweight boxer champion of the world

*August 17th, 1951, Crawley †September 9th, 2020, Guildford

72

Mario Callejo

Argentinian aviator and military personnel

*August 17th, 1951, Mar del Plata

72

Nicolai Worm

German nutritionist

*August 17th, 1951, Munich

72

Javier Buendía

Spanish rejoneador

*August 17th, 1951, Seville

72

Robert Joy

Canadian actor

*August 17th, 1951, Montreal

72

Anne Elisabet Jensen

Danish politician

*August 17th, 1951, Kalundborg

72

Wesley Eure

American actor and singer

*August 17th, 1951, Baton Rouge

40

Richard Hunt

American puppeteer (1951-1992)

*August 17th, 1951, The Bronx †January 7th, 1992, New York City

72

Terence Bowes

Rhodesian rugby union footballer, and cricketer

*August 17th, 1951, Bulawayo

72

Rick Durrett

American mathematician

*August 17th, 1951, Anniston

72

Nicholas Asselta

American politician

*August 17th, 1951, Vineland

72

Cynthia Freeland

American philosopher of art

*August 17th, 1951, Sturgis

72

Nigel Fleming

Umpire

*August 17th, 1951, Mutare

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45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

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

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

71

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian automobile racer

*August 17th, 1952, Rio de Janeiro

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

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

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

33

David Koresh

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

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

73

Jānis Bulis

Latvian bishop

*August 17th, 1950, Briģi Parish

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

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72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

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

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

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

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

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

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

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

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

72

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

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

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

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Leap year

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

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