April 17th, 1976

Born on April 17th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 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.

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.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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

Born on April 17th, 1976

48

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

48

Maïwenn

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*April 17th, 1976, Les Lilas

48

Sizzla

Jamaican reggae musician

*April 17th, 1976, Saint Mary Parish

48

Vladimir Samsonov

Belarusian table tennis player

*April 17th, 1976, Minsk

48

Okyeame Kwame

Ghanaian rapper

*April 17th, 1976, Nsuta

48

Jennifer de Jong

Dutch actress

*April 17th, 1976, Amsterdam

48

Maurice Wignall

Athletics competitor

*April 17th, 1976, Saint Andrew Parish

48

Monet Mazur

Actress

*April 17th, 1976, Los Angeles

48

Gord Bamford

Canadian country singer

*April 17th, 1976, Traralgon

48

Alex Nesic

American actor

*April 17th, 1976, Santa Barbara

48

Anna Geislerová

Czech actress

*April 17th, 1976, Prague

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

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

49

Stefano Fiore

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1975, Cosenza

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

49

Heidi Alexander

British Labour politician

*April 17th, 1975, Swindon

42

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

49

Gabriel Soto

Mexican actor

*April 17th, 1975, Mexico City

39

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

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

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Leap year

Yes: 1976 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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