January 17th, 1985

Born on January 17th, 1985

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 887 days, exactly on November 7th, 2028, people who were born on January 17th, 1985 will be 16,000 days old!

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What happened on January 17th?

January 17th, 1377

Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.

January 17th, 1999

In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.

January 17th, 2010

The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.

January 17th, 2002

Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.

January 17th, 1998

The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.

January 17th, 1989

Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.

January 17th, 1966

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling over the Mediterranean Sea, dropping three hydrogen bombs on land near Palomares, Spain, and a fourth one into the sea.

January 17th, 1961

Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.

January 17th, 1948

Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.

January 17th, 1946

The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House, Westminster.

January 17th, 1945

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again.

January 17th, 1920

The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

January 17th, 1917

Denmark sold their portion of the Virgin Islands archipelago to the United States for US$25 million.

January 17th, 1912

Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days.

January 17th, 1899

The United States took possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.

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

Born on January 17th, 1985

41

Sebastian Langeveld

Dutch road bicycle racer

*January 17th, 1985, Lisse

41

Simone Simons

Dutch singer

*January 17th, 1985, Hoensbroek

41

Adriana Ugarte

Spanish actress

*January 17th, 1985, Madrid

41

Mark Briscoe

American professional wrestler

*January 17th, 1985, Laurel

41

Kangin

South Korean singer and actor

*January 17th, 1985, Seoul

41

Arnaud Bühler

Association football player

*January 17th, 1985, Baulmes

41

Anna Alminova

Russian middle distance runner

*January 17th, 1985, Kirov

41

Gavin Seim

American Libertarian activist

*January 17th, 1985, Ephrata

41

Johan Niklasson

Footballer

*January 17th, 1985, Sweden

41

Hye-rim Park

Korean-American model

*January 17th, 1985, Seoul

41

Mareks Jurevičus

Latvian professional basketball player

*January 17th, 1985, Liepāja

41

Jai Miller

American baseball player

*January 17th, 1985, Selma

41

Emmanuel Burriss

American baseball infielder

*January 17th, 1985, Washington, D.C.

41

Chad Beck

Baseball player

*January 17th, 1985, Jasper

41

Agata Sawicka

Polish sportsperson

*January 17th, 1985, Łódź

41

Andrea Ojeda

Argentinian association football player

*January 17th, 1985, Glew, Buenos Aires

41

Rasika Dugal

Actress

*January 17th, 1985, Jamshedpur

41

Köksal Yedek

Turkish footballer

*January 17th, 1985, Nevşehir

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Born in 1985

41

Virgil Soeroredjo

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1985, Paramaribo

40

Annalisa

Italian singer-songwriter

*August 5th, 1985, Savona

33

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

*August 15th, 1985, Crenshaw †March 31st, 2019, Los Angeles

41

Luciana Abreu

Portuguese singer, actress and television host

*May 25th, 1985, Porto

40

Maria Kristin Yulianti

Indonesian badminton player

*June 25th, 1985, Tuban

41

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

40

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

41

Koen Ridder

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1985, Haarlem

41

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

41

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

40

Mitchel Wongsodikromo

Badminton player

*August 26th, 1985, Paramaribo

41

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

41

Coby

Serbian rapper, singer and producer

*April 11th, 1985, Belgrade

41

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese association football player

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

*March 5th, 1985, Chicago †November 17th, 2021, Memphis

40

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

41

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

41

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

*March 1st, 1985, Munich

41

Lukas Podolski

German association football player (born 1985)

*June 4th, 1985, Gliwice

40

Luka Modrić

Croatian association football player (born 1985)

*September 9th, 1985, Zadar

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No: With 365 days 1985 is a normal year and no leap year.

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