July 17th, 1968

Born on July 17th, 1968

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What happened on July 17th, 1968?

July 17th, 1968

Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Arif

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Hassan_al-Bakr

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on July 17th, 1968

56

Beth Littleford

American actress, comedian and television personality

*July 17th, 1968, Nashville

56

Bitty Schram

American actress

*July 17th, 1968, New York City

56

Enikő Győri

Hungarian politician

*July 17th, 1968, Budapest

56

Joshua Seftel

American film director

*July 17th, 1968, Schenectady

56

Jane Hazlegrove

British actress

*July 17th, 1968, Manchester

56

Alexandra Wilson

American actress

*July 17th, 1968, Pasadena

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

70

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

55

Jaan Kirsipuu

Estonian cyclist

*July 17th, 1969, Tartu

59

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

89

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

34

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

55

Jason Clarke

Australian actor

*July 17th, 1969, Winton

46

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

53

Aarne Ruben

Estonian writer and journalist

*July 17th, 1971, Tallinn

64

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

30

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

28

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

39

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

55

F. Gary Gray

American film director

*July 17th, 1969, New York City

52

Jaap Stam

Dutch association football player and manager

*July 17th, 1972, Kampen

84

Diahann Carroll

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

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

49

Terence Tao

Australian-American mathematician

*July 17th, 1975, Adelaide

53

Cory Doctorow

Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author

*July 17th, 1971, Toronto

88

Peter Schickele

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

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

77

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

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

73

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

Same year
Born in 1968

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

56

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

56

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

56

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

56

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

56

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

56

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

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Leap year

Yes: 1968 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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