July 17th, 2003

Born on July 17th, 2003

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 7,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 410 days, exactly on June 11th, 2025, people who were born on July 17th, 2003 will be 8,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1850

The first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun, a daguerreotype of Vega (pictured), was taken by William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

July 17th, 1984

The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

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

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

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

33

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

27

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

29

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

38

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

31

Mehdy Metella

French swimmer

*July 17th, 1992, Cayenne

38

Tom Cullen

British actor

*July 17th, 1985, Aberystwyth

58

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

72

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

63

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

76

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

18

Connor Bedard

Canadian ice hockey player

*July 17th, 2005, North Vancouver

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

*July 17th, 1931, Finsterwalde †August 24th, 2017, Berlin

86

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

54

Jaan Kirsipuu

Estonian cyclist

*July 17th, 1969, Tartu

48

Terence Tao

Australian-American mathematician

*July 17th, 1975, Adelaide

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

*July 17th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 25th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

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

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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Public holidays on July 17th

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Born on July 17th, 2003
Future birthdays

Leap year

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

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