November 17th, 1966

Born on November 17th, 1966

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What happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 1894

H. H. Holmes (pictured), one of the first modern serial killers, was arrested in Boston after killing at least nine people.

November 17th, 1800

The U.S. Congress convened in Washington D.C. for the first time in the partially completed Capitol Building.

November 17th, 2013

Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashed during an aborted landing at Kazan International Airport, Russia, killing all 50 people on board and leading to the revocation of the airline's operating certificate.

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 (temple pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning 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 15.

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 won the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the Austrians' 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 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.

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

Born on November 17th, 1966

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Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

59

Kate Ceberano

Australian singer

*November 17th, 1966, Melbourne

59

Daisy Fuentes

Cuban-American actress, comedian, model, television host, and former weather presenter

*November 17th, 1966, Havana

59

Richard Fortus

American musician

*November 17th, 1966, St. Louis

59

Alvin Patrimonio

Filipino basketball player

*November 17th, 1966, Quezon City

59

Ben Allison

American jazz musician

*November 17th, 1966, New Haven

59

Jeff Nelson

American baseball pitcher

*November 17th, 1966, Baltimore

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Born in 1966

59

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

59

Diedrich Bader

American actor

*December 24th, 1966, Alexandria

59

Marcus Marin

German football player and manager

*December 13th, 1966, Hamburg

60

Lucie Bílá

Czech singer and actress

*April 7th, 1966, Otvovice

56

Sinéad O'Connor

Irish singer-songwriter and activist (1966–2023)

*December 8th, 1966, Glenageary †July 26th, 2023, London

59

David Cameron

British politician (born 1966)

*October 9th, 1966, Marylebone

59

Kiefer Sutherland

Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

60

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

60

Thomas Doll

German association football manager (born 1966)

*April 9th, 1966, Malchin

60

Franco Foda

German association football player and manager

*April 23rd, 1966, Mainz

60

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

60

Olaf Marschall

German association football player and manager (1966–)

*March 19th, 1966, Torgau

60

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

60

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

60

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

60

Stefan Mappus

German politician, former PM of Baden-Württemberg

*April 4th, 1966, Pforzheim

59

Daniel Schwerd

German politician

*November 3rd, 1966, Cologne

60

Marin Hinkle

American actress

*March 23rd, 1966, Dar es Salaam

60

Amélie Nothomb

Belgian Francophone writer

*July 9th, 1966, Kobe

60

Stefan Emmerling

German association football player and manager

*February 10th, 1966, Heidelberg

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No: With 365 days 1966 is a normal year and no leap year.

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