April 17th, 2003

Born on April 17th, 2003

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 17th, 2003?

April 17th, 2003

Anneli Jäätteenmäki takes office as the first female prime minister of Finland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneli_Jäätteenmäki

What else 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.

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

Born on April 17th, 2003

21

Rebeca Necula

Romanian handball player

*April 17th, 2003, Brașov

21

Dante Sealy

American soccer player

*April 17th, 2003, Brooklyn

21

Bradley Fink

Swiss association football player

*April 17th, 2003, Cham

21

Sugar Battai

Hungarian fencer

*April 17th, 2003, Debrecen

21

Jean N’Guessan

Ivorian footballer

*April 17th, 2003, Ivory Coast

21

Lennert Hallaert

Belgian footballer

*April 17th, 2003, Belgium

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

22

Chloé Jacquet

French rugby union player

*April 17th, 2002, Viriat

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

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

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

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

32

Shkodran Mustafi

German association football player

*April 17th, 1992, Bad Hersfeld

22

Luc van Slooten

Basketball player (2002-)

*April 17th, 2002, Vechta

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

Same year
Born in 2003

21

Johnny Orlando

Canadian singer-songwriter, YouTuber and actor

*January 24th, 2003, Mississauga

20

Treesa Jolly

Indian badminton player

*May 27th, 2003, Cherupuzha, Kannur

21

Sangiovanni

Italian singer (2003-)

*January 9th, 2003, Vicenza

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

20

Tate McRae

Canadian singer and dancer (born 2003)

*July 1st, 2003, Calgary

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

21

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

*January 3rd, 2003, Stockholm

20

Oliwia Szmigiel

Badminton player

*September 4th, 2003, Łódź

20

Daria Bujnicka

Badminton player

*November 12th, 2003, Łódź

20

Lauren Spencer-Smith

Canadian singer and songwriter

*September 28th, 2003, Portsmouth

21

Stephanie Widjaja

Badminton player

*February 19th, 2003, Jakarta

21

Katherine Valli

Badminton player

*January 16th, 2003, Pittsburgh

20

Tanya Hemanth

Badminton player

*September 19th, 2003, Mysore

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

20

Letshanaa A. Karupathevan

Malaysian badminton player

*August 19th, 2003, Selangor

21

Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson

Icelandic association football player

*March 23rd, 2003, Sutton Coldfield

21

Isra Hirsi

American environmental activist

*February 22nd, 2003, Minneapolis

21

Joao Grimaldo

Peruvian association football player

*February 20th, 2003, Lima

20

Emjay Anthony

American actor

*June 1st, 2003, Clearwater Beach

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No: With 365 days 2003 is a normal year and no leap year.

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