October 17th, 1979

Born on October 17th, 1979

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What happened on October 17th, 1979?

October 17th, 1979

The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Education_Organization_Act

What else happened on October 17th?

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

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

Born on October 17th, 1979

44

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish racing driver

*October 17th, 1979, Espoo

44

John Thorrington

American soccer player

*October 17th, 1979, Johannesburg

44

Marcela Bovio

Mexican metal artist

*October 17th, 1979, Monterrey

44

Veronika Bauer

Olympic freestyle skier

*October 17th, 1979, Toronto

44

Deanna Russo

American television actress

*October 17th, 1979, New Jersey

44

Kostas Tsartsaris

Greek professional basketball player and coach

*October 17th, 1979, Veroia

42

Alexandros Nikolaidis

Greek taekwondo athlete (1979–2022)

*October 17th, 1979, Thessaloniki †October 14th, 2022

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

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

49

Matthew Macfadyen

English actor

*October 17th, 1974, Great Yarmouth

54

Wyclef Jean

Haitian rapper

*October 17th, 1969, Croix-des-Bouquets

56

Venus Terzo

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1967, Montreal

57

Mark Gatiss

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

*October 17th, 1966, Sedgefield

43

Tarell Alvin McCraney

American actor and playwright

*October 17th, 1980, Liberty City

37

Mohombi

Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer

*October 17th, 1986, Kinshasa

40

Felicity Jones

English actress

*October 17th, 1983, Birmingham

51

Tarkan

Turkish singer

*October 17th, 1972, Alzey

46

Walter Calderón

Ecuadorian footballer

*October 17th, 1977, Valle del Chota

45

Bruce Mackinnon

British actor

*October 17th, 1978, Esher

63

Guy Henry

British actor

*October 17th, 1960, London

65

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

45

Erin Karpluk

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1978, Jasper

77

Cameron Mackintosh

British theatre and musical producer

*October 17th, 1946, London Borough of Enfield

39

Andy Whitfield

Welsh actor (1971-2011)

*October 17th, 1971, Amlwch †September 11th, 2011, Sydney

43

Noemí Jordana

Spanish basketball player

*October 17th, 1980, Torelló

39

Jared Tallent

Australian race walker

*October 17th, 1984, Ballarat

45

Pablo Iglesias Turrión

Spanish politician

*October 17th, 1978, Madrid

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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