April 17th, 1975

Born on April 17th, 1975

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What happened on April 17th, 1975?

April 17th, 1975

The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War

April 17th, 1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge

What else happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2014

NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

April 17th, 1986

Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.

April 17th, 1984

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

April 17th, 1973

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

April 17th, 1951

The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.

April 17th, 1907

Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.

April 17th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

April 17th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 17th, 1783

The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

April 17th, 1362

Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, forces of the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured), which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

April 17th, 1080

Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.

April 17th, 2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

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

Born on April 17th, 1975

49

Stefano Fiore

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1975, Cosenza

49

Heidi Alexander

British Labour politician

*April 17th, 1975, Swindon

49

Gabriel Soto

Mexican actor

*April 17th, 1975, Mexico City

45

Travis Roy

American ice hockey player

*April 17th, 1975, Augusta †October 29th, 2020, Colchester

49

Ulf Ganschow

German handball player

*April 17th, 1975, Rostock

49

Wenderson Arruda Said

Brazilian footballer

*April 17th, 1975, Guiratinga

49

Miguel de Miguel

Spanish actor

*April 17th, 1975, Málaga

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

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

48

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

*April 17th, 1981, Barrow-in-Furness

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

48

Maïwenn

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*April 17th, 1976, Les Lilas

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

*April 17th, 1954, Saskatoon †July 31st, 2015, Hollywood

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

48

Sizzla

Jamaican reggae musician

*April 17th, 1976, Saint Mary Parish

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

48

Vladimir Samsonov

Belarusian table tennis player

*April 17th, 1976, Minsk

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

*April 17th, 1961, Helena †December 23rd, 2020, Manhattan

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

42

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

Same year
Born in 1975

49

André Poggenburg

German politician and entrepreneur

*March 12th, 1975, Weißenfels

49

Lorin Morgan-Richards

American author, illustrator, and songwriter

*February 16th, 1975, Beebetown

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

48

Maria Thayer

American actress

*October 30th, 1975, Portland

48

Zhang Ning

Chinese female badminton player

*May 19th, 1975, Jinzhou

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

48

Kim Dong-moon

South Korean badminton player

*September 22nd, 1975, Gokseong County

48

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

49

Gu Jun

Badminton player

*January 3rd, 1975, Wuxi

48

Ge Fei

Chinese badminton player

*October 9th, 1975, Nantong

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

48

Sarah Hardaker

English badminton player

*December 1st, 1975, Dartford

49

Tony Gunawan

Badminton player

*April 9th, 1975, Surabaya

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

48

Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

*June 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

48

Konrad Bansa

German handball player and coach

*July 24th, 1975, Neuwied

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No: With 365 days 1975 is a normal year and no leap year.

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