April 17th, 1981

Born on April 17th, 1981

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's St James's Square, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

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 entitled The 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, a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane captured the French ship-of-the-line D'Hautpoul off Puerto Rico.

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, 1981

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

43

Hanna Pakarinen

Finnish pop and rock singer

*April 17th, 1981, Lappeenranta

43

Jenny Meadows

British athletics competitor

*April 17th, 1981, Wigan

43

Ryan Raburn

Baseball player from the United States

*April 17th, 1981, Tampa

43

Darine Hadchiti

Lebanese singer

*April 17th, 1981, Hadchit

43

Michael Mifsud

Maltese footballer

*April 17th, 1981, Pietà

43

Zhang Yaokun

Chinese footballer

*April 17th, 1981, Dalian

43

Laura Klemke

German classical guitarist

*April 17th, 1981, Warendorf

43

Luca Denicolà

Swiss footballer

*April 17th, 1981, Lostallo

43

Zsuzsanna Ripli

Hungarian model and actress

*April 17th, 1981, Szigetvár

43

Viktória Varga

Hungarian weightlifting

*April 17th, 1981, Tatabánya

43

Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng

Vietnamese football goalkeeper

*April 17th, 1981, Haiphong

43

Tanee McCall

American actress

*April 17th, 1981, Los Angeles

43

Susie Amy

English actress, model, and blogger

*April 17th, 1981, London

43

Charlie Hofheimer

American actor

*April 17th, 1981, Brooklyn

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

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

42

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

39

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

42

Karim Ziani

Algerian and French footballer

*April 17th, 1982, Sèvres

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

48

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

42

Lee Si-young

South Korean actress, amateur boxer, born 1982

*April 17th, 1982, Cheongwon County

44

Curtis Woodhouse

English association football manager, boxer and former association football player

*April 17th, 1980, Beverley

36

Veronica Ricci

American actress and pornographic performer

*April 17th, 1988, Sacramento

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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