July 17th, 1954

Born on July 17th, 1954

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 517 days, exactly on September 22nd, 2025, people who were born on July 17th, 1954 will be 26,000 days old!

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What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1850

The first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun, a daguerreotype of Vega (pictured), was taken by William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

July 17th, 1984

The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

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

Born on July 17th, 1954

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

J. Michael Straczynski

American writer and filmmaker, born 1954

*July 17th, 1954, Paterson

69

Holger Rogall

German politician and economist

*July 17th, 1954, Berlin

69

Frank Otfried July

German theologian

*July 17th, 1954, Darmstadt

69

Michel Field

French journalist

*July 17th, 1954, Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt

61

Edward Natapei

Prime Minister of Vanuatu (1954–2015)

*July 17th, 1954, Futuna Island †July 28th, 2015, Port Vila

69

Gerhard Maria Wagner

Austrian priest and theologian (1954-)

*July 17th, 1954, Wartberg ob der Aist

69

Richard Bekins

American actor

*July 17th, 1954, Los Angeles County

69

José James Mina Camacho

Colombian association football player

*July 17th, 1954, Padilla, Cauca

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 17th?

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

72

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

70

Hélène Esnault

French mathematician

*July 17th, 1953, Paris

33

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

76

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

63

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

58

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

65

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese screenwriter, film producer and film director

*July 17th, 1958, Shanghai

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

*July 17th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 25th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

62

Thé Lau

Dutch singer and writer

*July 17th, 1952, Bergen †June 23rd, 2015, Amsterdam

86

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

*July 17th, 1931, Finsterwalde †August 24th, 2017, Berlin

27

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

29

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

68

Martin R. Dean

Swiss writer

*July 17th, 1955, Menziken

71

David Hasselhoff

American actor, singer, producer, and businessman

*July 17th, 1952, Baltimore

77

José Catieau

Road bicycle racer

*July 17th, 1946, Coutiches †November 30th, 2023, Saint-Quentin

38

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1954 is a normal year and no leap year.

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