November 17th, 1981

Born on November 17th, 1981

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1981

42

Alina Pușcău

Romanian model, actress and singer

*November 17th, 1981, Bucharest

42

Cecilia Freire

Spanish actress

*November 17th, 1981, Madrid

39

Sarah Harding

British singer and actress (1981-2021)

*November 17th, 1981, Ascot †September 5th, 2021, Manchester

42

Doug Walker

American film critic and comedian best known as the Nostalgia Critic

*November 17th, 1981, Naples

42

Park Mi-Young

South Korean table tennis player

*November 17th, 1981, Daegu

42

Anna Bornhoff

Association football player

*November 17th, 1981, Hamm

42

Shannan Click

American model

*November 17th, 1981, San Dimas

42

Louise Pedersen

Danish model

*November 17th, 1981, Skjern

42

Kyle Dean Massey

American actor

*November 17th, 1981, Jonesboro

42

Nathan Vasher

Player of American football

*November 17th, 1981, Wichita Falls

41

Katarína Paveleková

Slovak model and actress (1981-2023)

*November 17th, 1981, Poprad †June 28th, 2023, Switzerland

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

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

41

Evelyne Brochu

Canadian singer and actor

*November 17th, 1982, Quebec City

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

40

Christopher Paolini

American writer

*November 17th, 1983, Bühler

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

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

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

39

Amanda Evora

Figure skater

*November 17th, 1984, New York City

44

Mikel Astarloza

Road bicycle racer

*November 17th, 1979, Pasai San Pedro

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

39

Adrián Colunga

Spanish footballer

*November 17th, 1984, Oviedo

37

Greg Rutherford

British long jumper

*November 17th, 1986, Milton Keynes

39

Urs Käufer

German rower

*November 17th, 1984, Neu-Ulm

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

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

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

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