November 17th, 1962

Born on November 17th, 1962

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What happened on November 17th, 1962?

November 17th, 1962

President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.

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What else 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.

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

Born on November 17th, 1962

61

Slavko Labović

Danish actor

*November 17th, 1962, Kolašin

37

Dédé Fortin

Canadian singer

*November 17th, 1962, Saint-Thomas-Didyme †May 8th, 2000, Montreal

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Who's birthday is on November 17th?

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

60

Dylan Walsh

American actor

*November 17th, 1963, Los Angeles

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

63

RuPaul

American drag performer, actor, and musician

*November 17th, 1960, San Diego

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

59

Susan Rice

Director of the Domestic Policy Council from 2021 from 2023

*November 17th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

57

Peter Cook

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

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

63

Frank Spotnitz

American television writer and executive producer

*November 17th, 1960, Zama

49

Bill Lancaster

American screenwriter (1947-1997)

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

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Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

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No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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