August 17th, 1968

Born on August 17th, 1968

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What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

Born on August 17th, 1968

52

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021)

*August 17th, 1968, London †April 16th, 2021, London

55

André Erkau

German film director

*August 17th, 1968, Dortmund

55

Ed McCaffrey

American football player

*August 17th, 1968, Waynesboro

55

Miriam Cruz

Dominican singer

*August 17th, 1968, Santo Domingo

55

Alexis Corbière

French politician

*August 17th, 1968, Béziers

55

Jón Pauli Olsen

Danish footballer and manager

*August 17th, 1968, Vágur

55

Lisa Siwe

Swedish film director

*August 17th, 1968, Tynnered

55

Ben Albritton

Florida State Representative

*August 17th, 1968, Lakeland

55

Emilia Nuyado

Chilean politician

*August 17th, 1968, Río Negro

55

Sargis Hovhannisyan

Footballer

*August 17th, 1968, Yerevan

55

Israel Militosyan

Soviet weightlifter

*August 17th, 1968, Gyumri

46

Andriy Kuzmenko

Ukrainian singer and actor (1968-2015)

*August 17th, 1968, Sambir †February 2nd, 2015, Kryvyi Rih Raion

55

Roberto Vallejos

Argentinian actor

*August 17th, 1968, San Luis

55

Enrique Ocrospoma Pella

Peruvian politician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1968, La Molina

55

Steffen Fetzner

Table tennis player

*August 17th, 1968, Karlsruhe

55

Anja Fichtel

German fencer

*August 17th, 1968, Tauberbischofsheim

55

José Luis Ballester Tuliesa

Spanish sailor

*August 17th, 1968, Vinaròs

55

Christian Dalmose

Danish handball player

*August 17th, 1968, Brøndby Municipality

55

Anthony E. Zuiker

Producer of CSI

*August 17th, 1968, Blue Island

41

Andrew Koenig

American actor and film editor

*August 17th, 1968, Los Angeles †February 25th, 2010, Vancouver

55

Vince Marrow

American football player and coach

*August 17th, 1968, Youngstown

55

Páidí Ó Lionáird

Irish television presenter

*August 17th, 1968, Cúil Aodha

55

Otis Roberts

Grenadian footballer

*August 17th, 1968, London

55

Amir Teljigović

Bosnian footballer

*August 17th, 1968, Sarajevo

55

Orlagh Cassidy

American actress

*August 17th, 1968, Washington, D.C.

55

Ronny Van Geneugden

Belgian footballer

*August 17th, 1968, Hasselt

55

Nikolay Antonov

Athletics competitor

*August 17th, 1968, Razgrad

55

Carl Ashmore

British writer

*August 17th, 1968, Crewe

55

Jackie Warner

American television personality

*August 17th, 1968, Fairborn

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54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

56

David Conrad

American actor

*August 17th, 1967, Pittsburgh

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

63

Stephan Eicher

Swiss singer

*August 17th, 1960, Münchenbuchsee

46

William Gallas

French association football player

*August 17th, 1977, Asnières-sur-Seine

54

Massimo Strazzer

Italian racing cyclist

*August 17th, 1969, Zevio

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55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

55

Chris Hunt

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1968, Bolton

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

55

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

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

56

Monica Mæland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*February 6th, 1968, Bergen

55

Gillian Anderson

American-British actress (born 1968)

*August 9th, 1968, Chicago

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

55

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

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Born on August 17th, 1968
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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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