April 17th, 1959

Born on April 17th, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1959

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

65

Li Meisu

Athletics competitor

*April 17th, 1959, Hebei

65

Nanette Scriba

German painter

*April 17th, 1959, Mainz

65

Günter Eymold

German association football player

*April 17th, 1959, Schnaittach

65

Jimmy Mann

Canadian professional ice hockey player

*April 17th, 1959, Montreal

65

Kathrin Middleton

Actress

*April 17th, 1959, Naples

55

Imogen Bain

British actress (1959-2014)

*April 17th, 1959, London †July 5th, 2014

Same Day
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

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

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

62

Nancy Hogshead-Makar

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, lawyer, professor

*April 17th, 1962, Iowa City

62

Joanna Murray-Smith

Australian playwright

*April 17th, 1962, Mount Eliza

64

Jörg Michael Peters

German bishop

*April 17th, 1960, Saarbrücken

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

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

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

67

Afrika Bambaataa

American DJ, record producer and rapper

*April 17th, 1957, New York City

74

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

65

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

65

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

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Born on April 17th, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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