March 17th, 1952

Born on March 17th, 1952

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

March 17th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.

March 17th, 1991

In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.

March 17th, 1988

Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.

March 17th, 1973

Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 17th, 1969

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

March 17th, 1968

Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.

March 17th, 1963

An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

March 17th, 1955

Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.

March 17th, 1950

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.

March 17th, 1942

The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.

March 17th, 1917

World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.

March 17th, 1902

The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.

March 17th, 1891

The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.

March 17th, 1842

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.

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

Born on March 17th, 1952

72

Yoshimi Watanabe

Japanese politician

*March 17th, 1952, Nishinasuno

72

Amitava Raychaudhuri

Indian theoretical particle physicist

*March 17th, 1952, Kolkata

72

Elisabeth Koschorreck

German politician

*March 17th, 1952, Düren

72

Perla

Paraguayan singer

*March 17th, 1952, Paraguay

72

Yves Albarello

French politician

*March 17th, 1952, Aulnay-sous-Bois

72

Susie Allanson

American singer and actress

*March 17th, 1952, Minneapolis

72

Manolo Badrena

Puerto Rican musician

*March 17th, 1952, San Juan

49

Barry Horne

British arsonist (1952-2001)

*March 17th, 1952, Northampton †November 5th, 2001, Worcester

72

Matthew Ashimolowo

English pastor

*March 17th, 1952, Nigeria

72

Stan Weir

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 17th, 1952, Ponoka

72

Jerry Tabb

American baseball player

*March 17th, 1952, Altus

72

Gary Paul Nabhan

American environmentalist and ethnobotanist

*March 17th, 1952, Gary

72

Sergio Rinland

Argentine engineer

*March 17th, 1952, Bahía Blanca

72

David Eger

Professional golfer

*March 17th, 1952, Fort Meade

72

József Farkas

Hungarian amateur wrestler

*March 17th, 1952, Budapest

67

Abid Ali

Pakistani television actor

*March 17th, 1952, Quetta †September 5th, 2019, Karachi

70

Viktor Djalilov

Uzbek football manager (1952–2023)

*March 17th, 1952, Tashkent †November 30th, 2022

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74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

76

William Gibson

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer

*March 17th, 1948, Conway

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

85

Giovanni Trapattoni

Italian association football player and manager

*March 17th, 1939, Cusano Milanino

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71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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Born on March 17th, 1952
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Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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