November 17th, 1959

Born on November 17th, 1959

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What happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 2013

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

November 17th, 2012

In Manfalut, Egypt, a school bus was hit by a train, killing at least 50 children.

November 17th, 2009

Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.

November 17th, 1997

Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting the Disney Renaissance.

November 17th, 1968

NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.

November 17th, 1950

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

November 17th, 1943

World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.

November 17th, 1941

World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

November 17th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's line of retreat.

November 17th, 1592

Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.

November 17th, 1558

Elizabeth I (pictured) became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.

November 17th, 1292

John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.

November 17th, 2019

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

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

Born on November 17th, 1959

64

Jaanus Tamkivi

Estonian politician

*November 17th, 1959, Kuressaare

64

Thomas Allofs

German footballer

*November 17th, 1959, Düsseldorf

64

Juan Carlos Rojo

Spanish football player and manager

*November 17th, 1959, Barcelona

64

Terry Fenwick

English footballer and manager (born 1959)

*November 17th, 1959, Seaham

64

William R. Moses

American actor

*November 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

64

Michael C. Mahon

Actor and producer

*November 17th, 1959, Montclair

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

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

63

RuPaul

American drag performer, actor, and musician

*November 17th, 1960, San Diego

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

63

Frank Spotnitz

American television writer and executive producer

*November 17th, 1960, Zama

60

Dylan Walsh

American actor

*November 17th, 1963, Los Angeles

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

63

Jonathan Ross

English television and radio presenter

*November 17th, 1960, St Pancras

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

*November 17th, 1947, Los Angeles †January 4th, 1997, Los Angeles

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

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

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

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

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Leap year

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

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