March 17th, 1957

Born on March 17th, 1957

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 17th, 1957?

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash

March 17th, 1957

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on March 17th, 1957

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

67

Sissela Kyle

Swedish comedian and actress

*March 17th, 1957, Gothenburg

67

David Joyce

American politician

*March 17th, 1957, Cleveland

67

Ilkka Kantola

Finnish politician and priest (1957-)

*March 17th, 1957, Rymättylä

67

Laurene Landon

American actress

*March 17th, 1957, Toronto

67

Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

Malaysian politician

*March 17th, 1957, Kampar

67

Jim O'Neill

British economist (born 1957)

*March 17th, 1957, Manchester

67

Gudrun Heute-Bluhm

German politician

*March 17th, 1957, Herne

67

Walter Mayer

Austrian cross-country skier and coach

*March 17th, 1957, Hüttau

46

Michael Kelly

American journalist

*March 17th, 1957, Washington, D.C. †April 3rd, 2003, Iraq

67

Ștefan Petcu

Romanian footballer

*March 17th, 1957, Constanța

67

Steve Mapsalak

Canadian politician

*March 17th, 1957, Naujaat

67

Joe Maxwell

American politician

*March 17th, 1957, Kirksville

67

Joao Ponces de Carvalho

Film director

*March 17th, 1957, Lisbon

67

Barry Krauss

American football player

*March 17th, 1957, Pompano Beach

67

Carlo Russolillo

Italian boxer

*March 17th, 1957, Genoa

67

Dmitry Astrakhan

Russian actor

*March 17th, 1957, Saint Petersburg

67

Maurizio Vitali

Italian motorcycle racer

*March 17th, 1957, Savignano sul Rubicone

67

Zvonimir Stević

Serbian politician

*March 17th, 1957, Prishtina

67

Richard Kwietniowski

English film director

*March 17th, 1957, London

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Who's birthday is on March 17th?

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

64

Wilfried Auerbach

Austrian rower

*March 17th, 1960, Linz

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

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

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

62

Clare Grogan

Scottish singer and actress

*March 17th, 1962, Glasgow

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

73

Kurt Russell

American actor (born 1951)

*March 17th, 1951, Springfield

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

66

José Manuel Abascal

Spanish middle-distance runner

*March 17th, 1958, Alceda

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

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

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Born in 1957

66

Julian Cope

Welsh musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator

*October 21st, 1957, Deri

66

John Kassir

American actor and comedian

*October 24th, 1957, Baltimore

67

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*February 17th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Stephen Morris

British drummer

*October 28th, 1957, Macclesfield

66

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

66

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

67

Peter Aude

Danish actor

*January 19th, 1957, Copenhagen

66

Klaus Augenthaler

German association football player and manager

*September 26th, 1957, Fürstenzell

66

Frances McDormand

American actress

*June 23rd, 1957, Gibson City

41

Adrian Borland

English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer (1957–1999)

*December 6th, 1957, London †April 26th, 1999, Wimbledon

66

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

60

Alain Defossé

French writer and translator (1957-2017)

*February 11th, 1957, Nantes †May 14th, 2017, 19th arrondissement of Paris

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Timothy Spall

English actor

*February 27th, 1957, London

66

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

66

Christian Michelides

Austrian psychotherapist

*July 19th, 1957, Graz

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

67

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1957 is a normal year and no leap year.

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