April 17th, 1979

Born on April 17th, 1979

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, 1979

45

Aurore Lalucq

French politician

*April 17th, 1979, Longjumeau

45

Giusy Ferreri

Italian singer-songwriter

*April 17th, 1979, Palermo

45

Marija Šestak

Slovenian triple jumper

*April 17th, 1979, Kragujevac

45

Sung Si-kyung

South Korean singer and television host

*April 17th, 1979, Seoul

45

Ken Duken

German actor

*April 17th, 1979, Heidelberg

45

Eric Brewer

Canadian ice hockey player

*April 17th, 1979, Vernon

45

Michael Treanor

American actor

*April 17th, 1979, Los Angeles

45

Mylène Dinh-Robic

Canadian actress

*April 17th, 1979, Montreal

45

Agus Ruiz

Spanish film actor

*April 17th, 1979, Santander

45

Tate Ellington

American actor

*April 17th, 1979, Madison

45

Tram-Anh Tran

American actress

*April 17th, 1979, New York City

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

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

48

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

39

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

44

Curtis Woodhouse

English association football manager, boxer and former association football player

*April 17th, 1980, Beverley

49

Stefano Fiore

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1975, Cosenza

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

48

Maïwenn

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*April 17th, 1976, Les Lilas

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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