August 17th, 2001

Born on August 17th, 2001

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 Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person 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

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

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 , 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, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

Born on August 17th, 2001

22

Leonid Gerchikov

Association football player (2001-)

*August 17th, 2001, Moscow

22

Katja Dedekind

Australian Paralympic vision impaired swimmer and goalball player

*August 17th, 2001, Durban

22

Eduardo Schürrle

Portuguese footballer

*August 17th, 2001, Braga

22

Diego Alonso Romero

Peruvian association football player

*August 17th, 2001, Lambayeque Department

22

Augustine Mahlonoko

South African professional footballer

*August 17th, 2001, Sebokeng

22

Lin Yun-Ju

Taiwanese table tennis player

*August 17th, 2001, Yuanshan

22

Drew Justice

American film actor and actor

*August 17th, 2001, Houston

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

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

23

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

20

Rayan Cherki

French association football player

*August 17th, 2003, Lyon

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

31

Harald Reinkind

Norwegian handball player

*August 17th, 1992, Trondheim

32

Marion Rousse

French cyclist

*August 17th, 1991, Saint-Saulve

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

28

Bryan Alaphilippe

French bicycle racer

*August 17th, 1995, Saint-Amand-Montrond

29

Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier

Eritrean road cyclist

*August 17th, 1994, Addis Ababa

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

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Born in 2001

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

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