October 17th, 1973

Born on October 17th, 1973

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What happened on October 17th, 1973?

October 17th, 1973

OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War

What else happened on October 17th?

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

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

Born on October 17th, 1973

50

Quique González

Spanish musician

*October 17th, 1973, Madrid

50

Andrea Tarozzi

Italian footballer

*October 17th, 1973, San Giovanni in Persiceto

50

Rubén Garcés

Spanish basketball player

*October 17th, 1973, Colón City

50

Bruce Toussaint

French journalist

*October 17th, 1973, Asnières-sur-Seine

30

Martin Gendron

Canadian actor (1973-2004)

*October 17th, 1973, Saint-Hyacinthe †January 12th, 2004, Laurentides

50

Deniz Uğur

Turkish actress

*October 17th, 1973, Ankara

50

Marcus Phillips

English footballer (born 1973)

*October 17th, 1973, Trowbridge

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

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

49

Matthew Macfadyen

English actor

*October 17th, 1974, Great Yarmouth

54

Wyclef Jean

Haitian rapper

*October 17th, 1969, Croix-des-Bouquets

51

Tarkan

Turkish singer

*October 17th, 1972, Alzey

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

56

Venus Terzo

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1967, Montreal

57

Mark Gatiss

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

*October 17th, 1966, Sedgefield

39

Andy Whitfield

Welsh actor (1971-2011)

*October 17th, 1971, Amlwch †September 11th, 2011, Sydney

44

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish racing driver

*October 17th, 1979, Espoo

63

Guy Henry

British actor

*October 17th, 1960, London

49

Ariel Levy

American writer

*October 17th, 1974, Larchmont

37

Mohombi

Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer

*October 17th, 1986, Kinshasa

77

Cameron Mackintosh

British theatre and musical producer

*October 17th, 1946, London Borough of Enfield

65

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

46

Walter Calderón

Ecuadorian footballer

*October 17th, 1977, Valle del Chota

40

Felicity Jones

English actress

*October 17th, 1983, Birmingham

85

Paxton Whitehead

British actor (1937–2023)

*October 17th, 1937, East Malling and Larkfield †June 16th, 2023, Arlington County

63

Rob Marshall

American film and theatre director and producer

*October 17th, 1960, Madison

69

Susan Stroman

American theatre director

*October 17th, 1954, Wilmington

49

Milan Němec

Czech actor

*October 17th, 1974, Jihlava

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

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

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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