November 17th, 1968

Born on November 17th, 1968

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What happened on November 17th, 1968?

November 17th, 1968

Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC

What else happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 2013

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

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

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting the Disney Renaissance.

November 17th, 1950

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

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 defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's 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 (pictured) 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.

November 17th, 2019

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

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

Born on November 17th, 1968

55

Alberto Urdiales

Spanish handball player

*November 17th, 1968, Santander

55

Robin Li

Billionaire businessman and entrepreneur

*November 17th, 1968, Yangquan

55

Amber Michaels

Pornographic performer (b. 1968)

*November 17th, 1968, Bamberg

55

Sean Miller

American basketball coach

*November 17th, 1968, Ellwood City

55

Olga Gennadyevna Kuznetsova

Sport shooter

*November 17th, 1968, Samara

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

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

54

Estela Rodríguez

Cuban judoka

*November 17th, 1967, Palma Soriano †April 10th, 2022, Havana

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

60

Dylan Walsh

American actor

*November 17th, 1963, Los Angeles

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

56

Ronnie DeVoe

American musician

*November 17th, 1967, Roxbury

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

41

Evelyne Brochu

Canadian singer and actor

*November 17th, 1982, Quebec City

49

Leslie Bibb

American actress

*November 17th, 1974, Bismarck

37

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

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

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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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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