April 17th, 2013

Born on April 17th, 2013

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 17th, 2013?

April 17th, 2013

An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion

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's St James's Square, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

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 entitled The 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, a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane captured the French ship-of-the-line D'Hautpoul off Puerto Rico.

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

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

Same year
Born in 2013

10

Prince George of Wales

Eldest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales

*July 22nd, 2013, St. Mary's Hospital

10

Taufaʻahau Manumataongo

Tongan royal

*May 10th, 2013, Auckland

11

Zaid Al-Hammadi

Association football player

*February 14th, 2013, United Arab Emirates

10

Maceo Martinez

American actor

*October 5th, 2013, Los Angeles

11

Kim Ju-ae

Daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju

*February 19th, 2013, Pyongyang

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Born on April 17th, 2013
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2013 is a normal year and no leap year.

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