August 17th, 1952

Born on August 17th, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 821 days, exactly on July 20th, 2026, people who were born on August 17th, 1952 will be 27,000 days old!

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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, 1952

71

Nelson Piquet

Brazilian automobile racer

*August 17th, 1952, Rio de Janeiro

71

Heiner Goebbels

German composer and theatre director

*August 17th, 1952, Landau in der Pfalz

71

Kathryn C. Thornton

American scientist and NASA astronaut

*August 17th, 1952, Montgomery

71

Mario Theissen

German motorsport engineer

*August 17th, 1952, Monschau

71

Thomas J. Hennen

American astronaut

*August 17th, 1952, Albany

71

Věra Barandovská-Frank

Czech Esperantist

*August 17th, 1952, Opava

71

Carlos Zalduendo

French rugby league footballer and administrator

*August 17th, 1952, Peralta – Azkoien

71

Vincent A. De Gaetano

Judge

*August 17th, 1952, Sliema

71

Guillermo Vilas

Argentine tennis player

*August 17th, 1952, Mar del Plata

60

Aleksandr Maksimenkov

Russian footballer (1952-2012)

*August 17th, 1952, Pochinok †September 7th, 2012, Moscow

71

Áine Ní Chonaill

Irish activist

*August 17th, 1952, Cork

71

William M. Fraser III

United States general

*August 17th, 1952, Lakeland

71

Jani Kaçi

Footballer

*August 17th, 1952, Korçë

71

Ante Rajković

Yugoslav footballer

*August 17th, 1952, Vitez

71

William Uricchio

American media scholar

*August 17th, 1952, Bethesda

71

Nie Weiping

Chinese go player

*August 17th, 1952, Shenzhou City

71

John Beers

Canadian athlete

*August 17th, 1952, Netherlands

71

Vladimir M. Lipunov

Russian astronomer

*August 17th, 1952, Raychikhinsk

71

Gayatri Saraf

Indian writer and headteacher

*August 17th, 1952, Balangir

71

Gary Armagnac

American actor

*August 17th, 1952, New Jersey

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Who's birthday is on August 17th?

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

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

33

David Koresh

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

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

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

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

70

Małgorzata Potocka

Polish actress

*August 17th, 1953, Łódź

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

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Born in 1952

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 August 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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