April 17th, 2012

Born on April 17th, 2012

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 4,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

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

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

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

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

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

22

Chloé Jacquet

French rugby union player

*April 17th, 2002, Viriat

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

22

Michal Plocek

Czech rower

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

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

39

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

32

Shkodran Mustafi

German association football player

*April 17th, 1992, Bad Hersfeld

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7

Grumpy Cat

Cat and Internet meme celebrity

*April 4th, 2012, Morristown †May 14th, 2019, Morristown

12

Blue Ivy Carter

American singer and daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé

*January 7th, 2012, New York City

12

Countess Athena of Monpezat

Danish former princess; daughter of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*January 24th, 2012, Rigshospitalet

12

Norodom Jenna

Princess of Cambodia

*March 11th, 2012, Paris

12

Princess guacharaca de todos los tambores

Daughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

*February 23rd, 2012, Karolinska University Hospital

11

Kim Ji-yoo

South Korean actress

*September 26th, 2012, South Korea

11

Tinsley Price

American actress

*August 4th, 2012, United States of America

12

Isla Phillips

Granddaughter of Anne, Princess Royal; great-granddaughter of Elizabeth II

*March 29th, 2012, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

11

Caoilinn Springall

American actress

*November 30th, 2012, California

11

Penelope Disick

Child of Kourtney Kardashian Scott Disick

*July 8th, 2012, Los Angeles

12

Julianna Gamiz

American actress

*January 3rd, 2012, Downey

12

Juju Journey Brener

American actress

*February 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

11

Everleigh McDonell

American actress

*August 31st, 2012, California

12

Logan Moreau

American actor and voice actor

*January 27th, 2012, Los Angeles

12

Lilah-Rose Rodriguez

American actress

*February 29th, 2012, Redwood City

11

Sebastian Benedict

Actor

*August 22nd, 2012, General Santos

11

Tucker Wilkerson

American actor and voice actor

*September 18th, 2012, Westport

3

Alan Kurdi

Three-year-old who died from capsized boat August 2015

*May 4th, 2012, Kobanî †September 2nd, 2015, Bodrum

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Leap year

Yes: 2012 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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