April 17th, 2026

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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

Birthdays and future age on April 17th, 2026

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Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

75

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

67

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

69

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

39

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

54

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

84

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

34

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

52

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

45

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

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

56

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

85

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

44

Josie Long

British comedian

*April 17th, 1982, Sidcup

41

Rooney Mara

American actress (born 1985)

*April 17th, 1985, Bedford

40

Romain Grosjean

French and Swiss racing driver

*April 17th, 1986, Geneva

38

Veronica Ricci

American actress and pornographic performer

*April 17th, 1988, Sacramento

24

Chloé Jacquet

French rugby union player

*April 17th, 2002, Viriat

50

Peter Aumer

German politician

*April 17th, 1976, Regensburg

76

L. Scott Caldwell

American actress

*April 17th, 1950, Chicago

44

Lee Joon-gi

South Korean actor and singer

*April 17th, 1982, Busan

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