April 17th, 1985

Born on April 17th, 1985

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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, 1985

38

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

38

Luke Mitchell

Australian actor

*April 17th, 1985, Gold Coast

38

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

French tennis player

*April 17th, 1985, Le Mans

38

Georgina Palacios

Venezuelan actress

*April 17th, 1985, Caracas

38

Steffen Bühler

German handball player

*April 17th, 1985, Mannheim

38

Evandro Soldati

Brazilian model

*April 17th, 1985, Ubá

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

56

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

36

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

37

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

72

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

42

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

31

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

41

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

64

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

26

Fran Crippen

American long-distance and open water swimmer

*April 17th, 1984, Bryn Mawr †October 23rd, 2010, Fujairah

49

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

51

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

35

Veronica Ricci

American actress and pornographic performer

*April 17th, 1988, Sacramento

66

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

41

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

39

Raffaele Palladino

Italian footballer

*April 17th, 1984, Mugnano di Napoli

39

Rosanna Davison

Irish model, activist, and Miss World 2003

*April 17th, 1984, Dublin

53

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

39

Jed Lowrie

American baseball player

*April 17th, 1984, Salem

Same year
Born in 1985

39

Virgil Soeroredjo

Badminton player

*March 11th, 1985, Paramaribo

33

Nipsey Hussle

American rapper (1985–2019)

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

38

Maria Kristin Yulianti

Indonesian badminton player

*June 25th, 1985, Tuban

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

38

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

39

Koen Ridder

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1985, Haarlem

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

38

Mitchel Wongsodikromo

Badminton player

*August 26th, 1985, Paramaribo

39

Senidah

Slovenian singer-songwriter (born 1985)

*April 9th, 1985, Ljubljana

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

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

39

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

39

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

39

Andreas Ottl

German footballer

*March 1st, 1985, Munich

38

Pablo Abián

Spanish badminton player

*June 12th, 1985, Calatayud

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

39

Thilini Jayasinghe

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1985, Peradeniya

38

Simon Santoso

Badminton player

*July 29th, 1985, Tegal City

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

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Born on April 17th, 1985
Future birthdays

Leap year

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

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