July 17th, 1958

Born on July 17th, 1958

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 828 days, exactly on December 27th, 2026, people who were born on July 17th, 1958 will be 25,000 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

The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.

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, 1862

The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London.

July 17th, 1850

William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.

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).

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

Born on July 17th, 1958

66

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese screenwriter, film producer and film director

*July 17th, 1958, Shanghai

66

Robert Kaller

German sculptor and painter

*July 17th, 1958, Neuss

66

Thérèse Rein

Australian businesswoman

*July 17th, 1958, Adelaide

66

Yftach Katzur

Israeli actor

*July 17th, 1958, Israel

66

Susan Silver

American music manager

*July 17th, 1958, Seattle

66

Suzanne Moore

English journalist

*July 17th, 1958, Ipswich

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

70

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

89

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

64

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

59

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

34

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

73

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

77

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

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

63

António Costa

118th Prime Minister of Portugal

*July 17th, 1961, Lisbon

84

Diahann Carroll

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

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

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

46

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

65

Zarina Wahab

Indian actress

*July 17th, 1959, Visakhapatnam

28

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

30

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

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

65

Jörg Knör

German television presenter

*July 17th, 1959, Wuppertal

63

Blair Horn

Canadian rower

*July 17th, 1961, Kelowna

64

Robin Shou

Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist and stuntman

*July 17th, 1960, Hong Kong

87

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

39

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1958

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

66

Jane Wiedlin

American musician

*May 20th, 1958, Oconomowoc

66

Jon Cassar

Maltese-Canadian director and producer

*April 27th, 1958, Valletta

66

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

66

Wayne Hussey

English musician, singer of The Mission

*May 26th, 1958, Bristol

66

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

66

Olaf Scholz

German politician (SPD) and 9th Federal Chancellor of Germany (since 2021)

*June 14th, 1958, Osnabrück

66

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

65

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

66

Caryl Phillips

Kittian-British writer

*March 13th, 1958, Saint Kitts

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

66

Jah Wobble

British bass guitarist and music producer (born 1958)

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

66

Dietmar Bartsch

German politician

*March 31st, 1958, Stralsund

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

*October 3rd, 1958, San Cristóbal †August 10th, 2019, San Gregorio de Nigua

66

Alec Baldwin

American actor

*April 3rd, 1958, Amityville

65

Alexander Held

German actor

*October 19th, 1958, Munich

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

66

Richard Schenkman

American film director

*March 6th, 1958, New York City

66

Reinhard Wolters

German historian of classical history and numismatist

*March 14th, 1958, Duisburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1958 is a normal year and no leap year.

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