April 17th, 2002

Born on April 17th, 2002

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

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 that later formed the basis of 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, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

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, 2002

22

Chloé Jacquet

French rugby union player

*April 17th, 2002, Viriat

22

Luc van Slooten

Basketball player (2002-)

*April 17th, 2002, Vechta

22

Whitney Osuigwe

American tennis player

*April 17th, 2002, Bradenton

22

Darci Shaw

British actress

*April 17th, 2002, Liverpool

22

Eduarda Velk

Kazakhstani taekwondo practitioner

*April 17th, 2002, Kentau

22

Cristian Olivera

Uruguayan footballer (born 2002)

*April 17th, 2002, Montevideo

22

Bai Langning

Chinese snooker player

*April 17th, 2002, Jilin

22

Gui Guedes

Portuguese footballer

*April 17th, 2002, Santa Marta de Penaguião

22

Jordy Evans

Costa Rican footballer

*April 17th, 2002, Limón

22

Mason Tatafu

Australian footballer

*April 17th, 2002, Australia

22

Márk Kosznovszky

Hungarian footballer (born 2002)

*April 17th, 2002, Budapest

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

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

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

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

23

Shin Ryu-jin

South Korean rapper

*April 17th, 2001, Seoul

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

22

Michal Plocek

Czech rower

*April 17th, 1994, Uherské Hradiště †November 28th, 2016, Prague

27

Tilen Bartol

Slovene ski jumper

*April 17th, 1997, Municipality of Loški Potok

28

Gianluca Mancini

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1996, Pontedera

26

Ronan Byrne

Irish rower

*April 17th, 1998, Cork

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

24

Maurice Conrad

German politician

*April 17th, 2000, Mainz

32

Shkodran Mustafi

German association football player

*April 17th, 1992, Bad Hersfeld

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

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Born in 2002

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

21

NLE Choppa

American rapper from Tennessee (born. 2002)

*November 1st, 2002, Memphis

21

Alika Milova

Estonian singer-songwriter

*September 5th, 2002, Narva

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

21

Lil Tecca

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*August 26th, 2002, Queens

21

João Gomes

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 31st, 2002, Serrita

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

22

Trueno

Argentinian rapper and singer

*March 25th, 2002, Buenos Aires

19

Einár

Swedish rapper (2002–2021)

*September 5th, 2002, Stockholm †October 21st, 2021, Hammarby Sjöstad

22

Matteo Romano

Italian singer (2002-)

*March 20th, 2002, Cuneo

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

21

Riko Gunji

Badminton player

*July 31st, 2002, Ebina

21

Rui Hirokami

Badminton player

*July 26th, 2002, Takaoka

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

21

Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong

21

Srivedya Gurazada

US American badminton player

*August 15th, 2002, Boston

21

Katharina Fink

Italian badminton player

*November 14th, 2002, Bolzano

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

22

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Indian badminton player

*February 2nd, 2002, Raipur

21

Myisha Mohd Khairul

Malaysian badminton player

*July 27th, 2002, Johor Bahru

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Born on April 17th, 2002
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2002 is a normal year and no leap year.

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