February 17th, 1953

Born on February 17th, 1953

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What happened on February 17th?

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

February 17th, 1978

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

February 17th, 1974

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

February 17th, 1964

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

February 17th, 1959

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

February 17th, 1944

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

February 17th, 1913

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

February 17th, 1904

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

February 17th, 1894

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

February 17th, 1859

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

February 17th, 1838

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

February 17th, 1815

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

February 17th, 1621

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

February 17th, 2016

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.

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

Born on February 17th, 1953

71

Pertti Karppinen

Finnish rower

*February 17th, 1953, Vehmaa

64

Fausto Mesolella

Italian composer

*February 17th, 1953, Caserta †March 30th, 2017, Macerata Campania

71

Alexandra Dinges-Dierig

German politician

*February 17th, 1953, Lübeck

71

Aaron Herman

American rower

*February 17th, 1953, Stamford

71

Bruno Liberda

Composer

*February 17th, 1953, Mödling

71

Eudald Carbonell

Spanish paleoanthropologist

*February 17th, 1953, Ribes de Freser

71

Alain Claude Sulzer

Swiss writer, translator and journalist

*February 17th, 1953, Riehen

71

Nina Josu

Moldovan activist and writer

*February 17th, 1953, Țiganca

71

Steve Millen

New Zealand racecar driver

*February 17th, 1953, Auckland

71

Thom Åhlund

Swedish association football player

*February 17th, 1953, Stockholm

71

Alar Kivilo

Canadian-Estonian cinematographer

*February 17th, 1953, Montreal

71

William D. Mounce

American biblical scholar

*February 17th, 1953, Pasadena

71

David E. Van Zandt

American lawyer

*February 17th, 1953, Montgomery Township

71

Soňa Brázdová

Czech gymnast

*February 17th, 1953, Zlín

71

Jim Umbarger

American baseball player

*February 17th, 1953, Burbank

71

Jamie Easterly

American baseball player

*February 17th, 1953, Houston

71

Borys Chambul

Canadian discus thrower

*February 17th, 1953, Toronto

71

Scott Laidlaw

American football player

*February 17th, 1953, Hawthorne

71

Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Dutch politician

*February 17th, 1953, Diepenheim

71

Aref Karim

British hedge fund manager

*February 17th, 1953, East Bengal

71

Joe Picioane

Australian association football player

*February 17th, 1953, Australia

71

Jeffrey Daniels

Architect

*February 17th, 1953, New York City

71

Kimiko Hashimoto

Japanese basketball player

*February 17th, 1953, Chiba

71

Josip Picioane

Australian soccer player

*February 17th, 1953, Romania

71

Becky Ann Baker

American actress

*February 17th, 1953, Fort Knox

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68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

41

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

69

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

70

Rene Russo

American actress and model

*February 17th, 1954, Burbank

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

62

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

72

Karin Büttner-Janz

East German gymnast

*February 17th, 1952, Lübben

63

Angela Eagle

British politician; Labour MP for Wallasey (born 1961)

*February 17th, 1961, Bridlington

40

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

63

Ariane Ehrat

Swiss alpine skier

*February 17th, 1961, Schaffhausen

26

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

83

Julia McKenzie

British actress, presenter, director, writer

*February 17th, 1941, Enfield

96

Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

*February 17th, 1927, Húsavík †February 1st, 2024, Húsavík

66

Ferenc Tóthárpád

Hungarian poet

*February 17th, 1958, Kőszeg

Same year
Born in 1953

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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