November 17th, 1976

Born on November 17th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 17,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 680 days, exactly on February 28th, 2026, people who were born on November 17th, 1976 will be 18,000 days old!

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What 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.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

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

Born on November 17th, 1976

47

Diane Neal

American actress

*November 17th, 1976, Alexandria

47

Per Andersson

Swedish actor, comedian, screenwriter and director

*November 17th, 1976, Mölndal

47

Cristián Limenza

Paraguayan footballer

*November 17th, 1976, Asunción

47

Mike Terranova

Italian footballer

*November 17th, 1976, Bochum

47

Ervin Skela

Albanian footballer

*November 17th, 1976, Vlorë

47

Stefan Lampadius

German actor and filmmaker

*November 17th, 1976, Aurich

47

Jacqueline Aguilera

Venezuelan model

*November 17th, 1976, Valencia

47

Brandon Call

Actor

*November 17th, 1976, Torrance

47

Beate Bille

Danish actress

*November 17th, 1976, Denmark

47

Brian T. Delaney

American actor

*November 17th, 1976, Philadelphia

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

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

49

Leslie Bibb

American actress

*November 17th, 1974, Bismarck

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

41

Evelyne Brochu

Canadian singer and actor

*November 17th, 1982, Quebec City

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

40

Christopher Paolini

American writer

*November 17th, 1983, Bühler

37

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

28

Alexis Vastine

French boxer

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

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

44

Mikel Astarloza

Road bicycle racer

*November 17th, 1979, Pasai San Pedro

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

46

Mike Cernovich

American writer

*November 17th, 1977, Kewanee

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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Born on November 17th, 1976
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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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