August 17th, 1959

Born on August 17th, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 17th, 1959?

August 17th, 1959

Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_Lake

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis

What else happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

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

Born on August 17th, 1959

33

David Koresh

American religious sect leader of Branch Davidians (1959-1993)

*August 17th, 1959, Houston †April 19th, 1993, Mount Carmel Center

64

Jonathan Franzen

American writer

*August 17th, 1959, Western Springs

64

José De Gregorio

Chilean economist, academic, and politician

*August 17th, 1959, Santiago

64

Jacek Kazimierski

Polish footballer

*August 17th, 1959, Warsaw

64

Eric Schlosser

American journalist and author

*August 17th, 1959, New York City

64

Martha Hall Findlay

Lawyer, businesswoman and politician

*August 17th, 1959, Toronto

64

Brad Wellman

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1959, Lodi

64

Rick Shangraw

American businessman

*August 17th, 1959, Baltimore

64

Frank Mücklich

German materials scientist and professor at Saarland University

*August 17th, 1959, Dresden

64

Nikša Bratoš

Musician and music producer

*August 17th, 1959, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

64

Chika Sakamoto

Japanese voice actress

*August 17th, 1959, Ōmori

64

Kate McNeil

American actress

*August 17th, 1959, Philadelphia

51

Rafael Menjívar Ochoa

Salvadoran writer

*August 17th, 1959, San Salvador †April 27th, 2011, San Salvador

64

Mike Wilkins

American artist

*August 17th, 1959, Durham

64

Willard Reaves

American football player

*August 17th, 1959, Flagstaff

64

Rrapo Taho

Albanian footballer

*August 17th, 1959, Vlorë

64

Jeff Moronko

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1959, Houston

64

Derek McGinty

American news anchor and television journalist

*August 17th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

64

Craig Levie

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*August 17th, 1959, Calgary

64

Brian Hills

Ice hockey player

*August 17th, 1959, Windsor

64

Barbara Olmstead

Canoeist

*August 17th, 1959, North Bay

64

Andy Kohlberg

American tennis player

*August 17th, 1959, New York City

64

Zam Fredrick

American basketball player

*August 17th, 1959, St. Matthews

64

Béatrice Atallah

Malagasy politician from Lebanese origins

*August 17th, 1959, Anosy

64

Sin Dae-cheol

South Korean bicycle racer

*August 17th, 1959, North Korea

64

Milan Karatantchev

Bulgarian footballer

*August 17th, 1959, People's Republic of Bulgaria

64

Tigran Hekekyan

Armenian conductor and professor

*August 17th, 1959, Yerevan

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

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

65

Belinda Carlisle

American singer

*August 17th, 1958, Hollywood

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

52

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021)

*August 17th, 1968, London †April 16th, 2021, London

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

66

Robin Cousins

British former competitive figure skater

*August 17th, 1957, Bristol

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

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

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

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

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

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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

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