June 17th, 1973

Born on June 17th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 431 days, exactly on June 24th, 2025, people who were born on June 17th, 1973 will be 19,000 days old!

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What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, after one of their comrades was arrested, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Ottoman–Hungarian wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

June 17th, 1929

The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

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

Born on June 17th, 1973

50

Aurélie Filippetti

French politician and writer

*June 17th, 1973, Villerupt

50

Krayzie Bone

American rapper

*June 17th, 1973, Cleveland

50

Juliusz Chrząstowski

Polish actor

*June 17th, 1973, Świdnica

50

Leander Paes

Indian tennis player

*June 17th, 1973, Kolkata

50

Nahnatchka Khan

American television producer and writer

*June 17th, 1973, Las Vegas

50

Louis Leterrier

French film director

*June 17th, 1973, Paris

50

Larysa Denysenko

Ukrainian journalist and lawyer

*June 17th, 1973, Kyiv

50

Toshimi Kikuchi

Japanese association football player and manager

*June 17th, 1973, Iwate Prefecture

50

Masayuki Ota

Japanese association football player

*June 17th, 1973, Tokyo

50

Mark Umbers

British actor

*June 17th, 1973, Harrogate

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

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

51

Iztok Čop

Slovenian rower

*June 17th, 1972, Kranj

47

Lee Baxter

Swedish association football player

*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

48

Néstor Pitana

Former actor and football referee

*June 17th, 1975, Corpus Christi

52

Paulina Rubio

Mexican singer (born 1971)

*June 17th, 1971, Mexico City

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

37

Helen Glover

British rower

*June 17th, 1986, Truro

57

Cédric Kahn

French film director

*June 17th, 1966, Crest

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

45

Isabelle Delobel

French ice dancer

*June 17th, 1978, Clermont-Ferrand

48

Juan Carlos Valerón

Spanish footballer

*June 17th, 1975, Arguineguín

66

Joachim Król

German actor

*June 17th, 1957, Herne

33

Jordan Henderson

English footballer (born 1990)

*June 17th, 1990, Sunderland

39

Benedict Wall

Actor

*June 17th, 1984, Auckland City

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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