April 17th, 1957

Born on April 17th, 1957

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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, 1957

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

67

Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, record producer and rapper

*April 17th, 1957, New York City

67

Giuseppe Zanotti

Italian shoe designer

*April 17th, 1957, San Mauro Pascoli

67

Marc Aillet

Bishop of Bayonne

*April 17th, 1957, Parakou

67

Zinedine Soualem

French actor

*April 17th, 1957, Thiers

67

Susan Roman

Canadian voice actress

*April 17th, 1957, Edmonton

67

Hubert Gardas

Fencer

*April 17th, 1957, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

67

Antón Reixa

Writer and musician from Galicia, Spain

*April 17th, 1957, Vigo

67

Frank McDonough

English historian of international history and the Third Reich

*April 17th, 1957, Liverpool

67

Teri Austin

Canadian actress

*April 17th, 1957, Toronto

67

Dwane Casey

American professional basketball coach

*April 17th, 1957, Morganfield

67

Sam Fisher

Fictional character from Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

*April 17th, 1957, Towson

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Who's birthday is on April 17th?

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

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

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

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

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

68

Josef Zisyadis

Swiss politician

*April 17th, 1956, Istanbul

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

*April 17th, 1981, Barrow-in-Furness

74

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

62

Nancy Hogshead-Makar

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, lawyer, professor

*April 17th, 1962, Iowa City

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

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

69

Jürgen Banzer

German politician

*April 17th, 1955, Würzburg

73

Olivia Hussey

British-Argentinian actress

*April 17th, 1951, Buenos Aires

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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

67

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

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

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

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