February 17th, 1965

Born on February 17th, 1965

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 21,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 17th, 1965?

February 17th, 1965

Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the crewed Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_program

What else happened on February 17th?

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

February 17th, 1978

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

February 17th, 1974

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

February 17th, 1964

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

February 17th, 1959

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

February 17th, 1944

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

February 17th, 1913

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

February 17th, 1904

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

February 17th, 1894

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

February 17th, 1859

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

February 17th, 1838

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

February 17th, 1815

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

February 17th, 1621

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

February 17th, 2016

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

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

Born on February 17th, 1965

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Michael Bay

American film director and producer (born 1965)

*February 17th, 1965, Los Angeles

59

Jonathan Breck

American actor

*February 17th, 1965, Houston

59

Leonardo Pieraccioni

Italian actor and director

*February 17th, 1965, Florence

59

Nazim Suleymanov

Azerbaijani footballer

*February 17th, 1965, Sumgait

59

Peterson Toscano

American comedian

*February 17th, 1965, Stamford

59

Viktor Laiskodat

Indonesian politician

*February 17th, 1965, Kupang City

59

Samuel Bayer

American film editor and cinematographer

*February 17th, 1965, Syracuse

59

Danny Lee

Australian rugby league player

*February 17th, 1965, Lismore

59

Clayton Prince

American actor

*February 17th, 1965, Philadelphia

59

Volker Engel

Visual Effects Artist

*February 17th, 1965, Bremerhaven

59

Jim Stamas

American politician

*February 17th, 1965, Midland

59

Keiko Lee

Zainichi Korean jazz singer and pianist (1965-)

*February 17th, 1965, Handa

59

Vincent Fondeviole

French canoeist

*February 17th, 1965, Saint-Sever

59

Viktor Vashchenko

Russian footballer

*February 17th, 1965, Belgorod

59

Philippe Desavoye

French boxer

*February 17th, 1965, Dieppe

59

Danny Pearman

American football player and coach

*February 17th, 1965, Charlotte

59

David Prosho

Television actor

*February 17th, 1965, Leicestershire

59

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Actor

*February 17th, 1965, Kamikita district

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

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

41

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

62

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

63

Angela Eagle

British politician; Labour MP for Wallasey (born 1961)

*February 17th, 1961, Bridlington

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

61

Larry the Cable Guy

American stand-up comedian (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Pawnee City

40

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

61

Florence Hartmann

French journalist

*February 17th, 1963, France

63

Ariane Ehrat

Swiss alpine skier

*February 17th, 1961, Schaffhausen

69

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

51

Lucy Davis

British actress (born 1973)

*February 17th, 1973, Solihull

63

Andrey Korotayev

Russian anthropologist, economic historian, comparative political scientist, and sociologist

*February 17th, 1961, Moscow

26

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

46

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

Same year
Born in 1965

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

58

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

Danish badminton player and administrator

*September 20th, 1965, Esbønderup

58

Dmitry Medvedev

President of Russia from 2008 to 2012

*September 14th, 1965, Saint Petersburg

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

58

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

58

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

*June 12th, 1965, Hamburg †August 26th, 2013, Berlin

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

*July 23rd, 1965, Freiberg †June 24th, 2019, Dresden

59

Zhao Jianhua

Badminton player

*April 21st, 1965, Nantong

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

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No: With 365 days 1965 is a normal year and no leap year.

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