July 17th, 1965

Born on July 17th, 1965

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 387 days, exactly on October 10th, 2025, people who were born on July 17th, 1965 will be 22,000 days old!

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What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

The Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom, was officially opened.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1862

The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London.

July 17th, 1850

William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple took a daguerreotype of Vega, the first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

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

Born on July 17th, 1965

59

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

59

Santiago Segura

Spanish film actor, screenwriter, producer and director

*July 17th, 1965, Carabanchel

59

Alex Winter

British born American actor

*July 17th, 1965, London

42

Peter Rafael

German musician (1965-2008)

*July 17th, 1965, Neunkirchen †February 21st, 2008, Bad Ems

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

70

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

89

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

34

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

64

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

55

Jaan Kirsipuu

Estonian cyclist

*July 17th, 1969, Tartu

55

Matti Nykänen

Finnish ski jumper (1963–2019)

*July 17th, 1963, Jyväskylä †February 4th, 2019, Joutseno

46

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

28

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

63

António Costa

118th Prime Minister of Portugal

*July 17th, 1961, Lisbon

30

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

77

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

39

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (1935-2024)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

73

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

53

Aarne Ruben

Estonian writer and journalist

*July 17th, 1971, Tallinn

66

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese screenwriter, film producer and film director

*July 17th, 1958, Shanghai

60

Rick Allison

Belgian-born Canadian, singer, author and record producer

*July 17th, 1964, Brussels metropolitan area

49

Terence Tao

Australian-American mathematician

*July 17th, 1975, Adelaide

52

Jaap Stam

Dutch association football player and manager

*July 17th, 1972, Kampen

Same year
Born in 1965

59

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

59

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

59

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

58

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

Danish badminton player and administrator

*September 20th, 1965, Esbønderup

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

59

Dmitry Medvedev

President of Russia from 2008 to 2012

*September 14th, 1965, Saint Petersburg

59

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

59

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

59

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

59

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

58

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

59

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

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

59

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

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

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

59

Zhao Jianhua

Chinese badminton player

*April 21st, 1965, Nantong

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

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