April 17th, 1952

Born on April 17th, 1952

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What happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2014

NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

April 17th, 1986

Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.

April 17th, 1984

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

April 17th, 1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

April 17th, 1973

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

April 17th, 1951

The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.

April 17th, 1907

Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.

April 17th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

April 17th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 17th, 1783

The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

April 17th, 1362

Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, forces of the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured), which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

April 17th, 1080

Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.

April 17th, 2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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

Born on April 17th, 1952

63

Joe Alaskey

American actor (1952–2016)

*April 17th, 1952, Troy †February 3rd, 2016, Green Island

40

Patrick Roy

French television presenter

*April 17th, 1952, Niort †February 18th, 1993, Villejuif

72

John McColl

British Army General and Lieutenant Governor of the Bailiwick of Jersey

*April 17th, 1952, London

47

Željko Ražnatović

Serbian military commandant and criminal (1952-2000)

*April 17th, 1952, Brežice †January 15th, 2000, Belgrade

72

Mattia Sbragia

Italian actor

*April 17th, 1952, Rome

72

Harry Crawford

American politician

*April 17th, 1952, Shreveport

72

Valeria D'Obici

Italian actress

*April 17th, 1952, Lerici

72

John Robertson

British politician (born 1952)

*April 17th, 1952, Glasgow

72

Pierre Guité

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 17th, 1952, Montreal

72

Dieter Dörr

German jurist

*April 17th, 1952, Tübingen

72

Robert Gliński

Film director

*April 17th, 1952, Warsaw

53

Hans Dobbertin

German cryptographer

*April 17th, 1952, Coppenbrügge †February 2nd, 2006, Bochum

72

Wali Tasar Uddin

British businessman

*April 17th, 1952, Moulvibazar District

72

Zuzana Kronerová

Slovak actress

*April 17th, 1952, Martin

67

Tom Bruce

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1952-2020)

*April 17th, 1952, Red Bluff †April 9th, 2020

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63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

*April 17th, 1954, Saskatoon †July 31st, 2015, Hollywood

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

73

Olivia Hussey

British-Argentinian actress

*April 17th, 1951, Buenos Aires

74

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

71

Frithjof Schmidt

German politician

*April 17th, 1953, Bad Harzburg

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

*April 17th, 1961, Helena †December 23rd, 2020, Manhattan

71

Pierre Assouline

French author and journalist

*April 17th, 1953, Casablanca

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

73

Michael Miltenberger

Canadian politician

*April 17th, 1951, Ottawa

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

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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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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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