April 17th, 1960

Born on April 17th, 1960

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What happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2013

An ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at a fertilizer company facility in West, Texas, U.S., killing 15 people and injuring 160 others.

April 17th, 2006

A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 11 people and injuring 70 others.

April 17th, 1942

World War II: Captured French general Henri Giraud escaped from German captivity in the Königstein Castle.

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

The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace, having hypothetically been at war for 335 years without a single shot being fired and no casualties incurred.

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, 1971

Ustaše-affiliated Croatian separatists attacked the Yugoslav embassy in Stockholm, fatally shooting the ambassador, Vladimir Rolović.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of U.S. 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 (pictured), a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

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

Born on April 17th, 1960

66

Didier Burkhalter

Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2009 to 2017

*April 17th, 1960, Auvernier

66

Jörg Michael Peters

German bishop

*April 17th, 1960, Saarbrücken

66

Michael Whitaker

British equestrian

*April 17th, 1960, Huddersfield

66

Gabi Fon

Hungarian actress

*April 17th, 1960, Budapest

Same year
Born in 1960

66

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

65

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

66

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

65

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

66

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

65

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

66

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

66

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

66

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

65

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

66

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

65

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

66

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

65

Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

*August 14th, 1960, Berkhamsted

66

Weert Canzler

German sociologist and political scientist

*April 30th, 1960, Hage

65

Julianne Moore

British-American actress and author

*December 3rd, 1960, Fort Liberty

65

Tilda Swinton

Scottish-British actress

*November 5th, 1960, London

65

Stanley Tucci

American actor

*November 11th, 1960, Peekskill

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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