August 17th, 1990

Born on August 17th, 1990

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by attacking the Peenemünde Army Research Center.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market (pictured), one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 1876

The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (pictured) closed the first Bayreuth Festival.

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

Born on August 17th, 1990

35

Felipe Pardo

Colombian footballer

*August 17th, 1990, Quibdó

35

Artur Ioniță

Moldovan footballer

*August 17th, 1990, Chișinău

35

Ivan Šarić

Croatian chess player

*August 17th, 1990, Split

35

Josh Cobb

English cricket player (born 1990)

*August 17th, 1990, Leicester

35

Kieron Forbes

British footballer (born 1990)

*August 17th, 1990, Wembley

35

Greg Scruggs

American football player

*August 17th, 1990, Cincinnati

35

Nabib Newaj Jibon

Bangladeshi association football player

*August 17th, 1990, Bangladesh

35

Chris Watt

American football player, offensive guard

*August 17th, 1990, Glen Ellyn

35

Philipp Hütter

Austrian footballer

*August 17th, 1990, Bruck an der Mur

35

Carrick Felix

American basketball player

*August 17th, 1990, Goodyear

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Born in 1990

36

Emma Watson

English actress and activist (born 1990)

*April 15th, 1990, Le Marais

35

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

36

The Weeknd

Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1990)

*February 16th, 1990, Toronto

36

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

35

Sebastian Rode

German association football player

*October 11th, 1990, Seeheim-Jugenheim

36

Chou Tien-Chen

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 8th, 1990, Taipei

35

Kim Ki-jung

South Korean badminton player

*August 14th, 1990, Dangjin( 당진시)

35

Ramona Bachmann

Swiss footballer

*December 25th, 1990, Malters

35

Stan Walker

New Zealand singer, actor, and television personality

*October 23rd, 1990, Melbourne

35

Edis

Turkish singer-songwriter

*November 28th, 1990, London

36

Dorothea Wierer

Italian biathlete and military athlete

*April 3rd, 1990, Bruneck

36

K Camp

American rapper

*April 27th, 1990, Milwaukee

28

Emiliano Sala

Argentine association football player (1990-2019)

*October 31st, 1990, Cululú †January 21st, 2019, English Channel

35

Magnus Nedregotten

Norwegian male curler

*October 24th, 1990, Stavanger

35

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

35

Brenton Tarrant

Australian terrorist (1990-)

*October 27th, 1990, Grafton

36

Zhang Nan

Chinese badminton player

*March 1st, 1990, Beijing

36

Inès Taittinger

French racing driver

*April 7th, 1990, Reims

35

Cassper Nyovest

South African composer, record producer and rapper (born 1990)

*December 16th, 1990, Mahikeng

35

Bugzy Malone

British rapper

*December 20th, 1990, Manchester

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No: With 365 days 1990 is a normal year and no leap year.

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