November 17th, 1973

Born on November 17th, 1973

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What happened on November 17th, 1973?

November 17th, 1973

The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Polytechnic_uprising

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, 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.

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, 1973

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Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

50

Bernd Schneider

German association football player

*November 17th, 1973, Jena

50

Eli Marrero

Baseball player

*November 17th, 1973, Havana

50

Alexei Urmanov

Russian figure skater and coach

*November 17th, 1973, Saint Petersburg

50

Godfrey Sapula

Association footballer

*November 17th, 1973, Soweto

50

Ibón Begoña

Spanish footballer

*November 17th, 1973, Bilbao

50

Andreas Hedlund

Swedish musician

*November 17th, 1973, Skellefteå

50

Christy Nockels

American musician

*November 17th, 1973, Fort Worth

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51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

49

Leslie Bibb

American actress

*November 17th, 1974, Bismarck

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

41

Evelyne Brochu

Canadian singer and actor

*November 17th, 1982, Quebec City

51

Kimya Dawson

American musician

*November 17th, 1972, Bedford Hills

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

37

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

40

Christopher Paolini

American writer

*November 17th, 1983, Bühler

52

Michael Adams

British chess grandmaster

*November 17th, 1971, Truro

28

Alexis Vastine

French boxer

*November 17th, 1986, Pont-Audemer †March 9th, 2015, Villa Castelli

52

David Ramsey

American actor

*November 17th, 1971, Detroit

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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

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

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

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

50

Heidi Klum

German model, television personality and businesswoman

*June 1st, 1973, Bergisch Gladbach

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

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