November 17th, 1951

Born on November 17th, 1951

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

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

Born on November 17th, 1951

35

Dean Paul Martin

American actor and singer (1951-1987)

*November 17th, 1951, Santa Monica †March 21st, 1987, San Gorgonio Mountain

72

Stephen Root

American actor

*November 17th, 1951, Sarasota

72

Werner Hoyer

German politician (born 1951)

*November 17th, 1951, Wuppertal

68

Brent Carver

Canadian actor

*November 17th, 1951, Cranbrook †August 4th, 2020, Cranbrook

72

Ray Ohara

Japanese bassist, composer, music producer (1951-)

*November 17th, 1951, Ota

72

Jack Vettriano

Scottish painter

*November 17th, 1951, Methil

72

Butch Davis

American football player and coach

*November 17th, 1951, Tahlequah

72

Lazarus You Heung-sik

Roman Catholic cardinal from South Korea

*November 17th, 1951, Nonsan

72

Willi Stächele

German politician and jurist

*November 17th, 1951, Bad Bellingen

72

Libby Villari

American actress

*November 17th, 1951, North Carolina

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Who's birthday is on November 17th?

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

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

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

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

69

Roland Matthes

German swimmer

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

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

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

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

71

Runa Laila

Bangladeshi singer

*November 17th, 1952, Sylhet

79

Jim Boeheim

American basketball coach and player

*November 17th, 1944, Lyons

77

Petra Burka

Canadian figure skater

*November 17th, 1946, Amsterdam

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Born in 1951

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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