April 17th, 2024

Born on April 17th, 2024

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 76 days old!

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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 footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

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

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

22

Chloé Jacquet

French rugby union player

*April 17th, 2002, Viriat

42

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

90

Rémy Julienne

French racing driver

*April 17th, 1930, Cepoy †January 21st, 2021, Amilly

39

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

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

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

*April 17th, 1961, Helena †December 23rd, 2020, Manhattan

36

Veronica Ricci

American actress and pornographic performer

*April 17th, 1988, Sacramento

32

Shkodran Mustafi

German association football player

*April 17th, 1992, Bad Hersfeld

28

Gianluca Mancini

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1996, Pontedera

38

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

27

Tilen Bartol

Slovene ski jumper

*April 17th, 1997, Municipality of Loški Potok

42

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

22

Michal Plocek

Czech rower

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

48

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

78

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

63

William Holden

American actor (1918–1981)

*April 17th, 1918, O'Fallon †November 12th, 1981, Santa Monica

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Kadawatha

26

Ronan Byrne

Irish rower

*April 17th, 1998, Cork

71

Lindsay Anderson

British feature-film, theatre and documentary director and film critic (1923-1994)

*April 17th, 1923, Bengaluru †August 30th, 1994, Angoulême

39

Luke Mitchell

Australian actor

*April 17th, 1985, Gold Coast

74

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

49

Stefano Fiore

Italian association football player

*April 17th, 1975, Cosenza

26

Fran Crippen

American long-distance and open water swimmer

*April 17th, 1984, Bryn Mawr †October 23rd, 2010, Fujairah

62

Nancy Hogshead-Makar

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, lawyer, professor

*April 17th, 1962, Iowa City

24

Maurice Conrad

German politician

*April 17th, 2000, Mainz

73

Olivia Hussey

British-Argentinian actress

*April 17th, 1951, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 2024 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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