April 17th, 1978

Born on April 17th, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 187 days, exactly on November 1st, 2024, people who were born on April 17th, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

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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, 1978

46

Jason White

Scottish rugby union player

*April 17th, 1978, Edinburgh

46

Karsten Ganschow

German handball player

*April 17th, 1978, Kühlungsborn

46

Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer

German alpine skier

*April 17th, 1978, Lam

46

Bjørn Dahl

Norwegian footballer (born 1978)

*April 17th, 1978, Bergen

46

Ido Mosseri

Israeli actor

*April 17th, 1978, Tel Aviv

46

Hannu Manninen

Finnish Nordic combined skier and airline pilot

*April 17th, 1978, Rovaniemi

46

Pedropiedra

Chilean composer and musician

*April 17th, 1978, Santiago

46

David Murdoch

Scottish and British curler and coach

*April 17th, 1978, Dumfries

46

Juan Guillermo Castillo

Uruguayan footballer

*April 17th, 1978, Durazno

46

Lindsay Hartley

American actress

*April 17th, 1978, Palm Springs

46

Loukas Louka

Cypriot footballer

*April 17th, 1978, Larnaca

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

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

48

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

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

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

47

Frederik Magle

Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist

*April 17th, 1977, Stubbekøbing

39

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

49

Stefano Fiore

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1975, Cosenza

48

Maïwenn

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*April 17th, 1976, Les Lilas

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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