January 17th, 2008

Born on January 17th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 274 days, exactly on March 18th, 2027, people who were born on January 17th, 2008 will be 7,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 17th, 2008?

January 17th, 2008

British Airways Flight 38 crashes short of the runway at Heathrow Airport, injuring 47.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38

What else happened on January 17th?

January 17th, 1377

Gregory XI, the last Avignon pope, entered Rome after a four-month journey from Avignon, returning the papacy to its original city.

January 17th, 1999

In Little Saigon, California, a series of protests began when the owner of a video rental store displayed an image of Ho Chi Minh.

January 17th, 2010

The first spate of violence between Muslims and Christians began in Jos, Nigeria, and would end in more than 200 deaths.

January 17th, 2002

Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, began an eruption that killed hundreds and left about 120,000 people homeless in the nearby town of Goma.

January 17th, 1998

The Drudge Report became the first news source to break the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal to the public.

January 17th, 1989

Patrick Purdy opened fire in an elementary school in Stockton, California, killing 5 and wounding 32 others.

January 17th, 1966

A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling over the Mediterranean Sea, dropping three hydrogen bombs on land near Palomares, Spain, and a fourth one into the sea.

January 17th, 1961

Three days before leaving office, U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned about the dangers of the military–industrial complex.

January 17th, 1948

Indonesian National Revolution: The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesian republicans was ratified, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes arising from the Linggadjati Agreement of 1946.

January 17th, 1946

The United Nations Security Council, the organ of the United Nations charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, held its first meeting at Church House, Westminster.

January 17th, 1945

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who had saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, was taken into Soviet custody during the Siege of Budapest and was never seen in public again.

January 17th, 1920

The Volstead Act went into effect, beginning the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.

January 17th, 1917

Denmark sold their portion of the Virgin Islands archipelago to the United States for US$25 million.

January 17th, 1912

Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition reached the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen's team had beaten them by 33 days.

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

Same year
Born in 2008

18

Emma Kok

Dutch singer

*March 12th, 2008, Maastricht

18

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

17

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

17

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

17

Dastan Satpaev

Kazakh footballer

*August 12th, 2008, Almaty

17

Daria Sadkova

Russian figure skater

*June 26th, 2008, Yoshkar-Ola

18

Helen Kevric

German artistic gymnast

*March 21st, 2008, Stuttgart

17

Lexy Kolker

American actress (born 2009)

*November 30th, 2008, California

18

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

18

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

18

Leander Menzel

*January 31st, 2008, Wiesbaden

17

Emerson Jones

Australian tennis player

*July 7th, 2008, Gold Coast

18

Gustav De Waele

Belgian actor and model

*March 28th, 2008, Brussels metropolitan area

18

Alejandro Gomes

British-Venezuelan footballer

*March 11th, 2008, Caracas

17

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

18

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

17

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer (2008-)

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

18

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

18

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

18

Sienna Belle

Atriz e cantora canadense

*January 26th, 2008, Cambridge

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Born on January 17th, 2008
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Leap year

Yes: 2008 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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