August 17th, 2088

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August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

Birthdays and future age on August 17th, 2088

110

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

145

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

85

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

119

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

101

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

102

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

152

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

141

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

111

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

135

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

110

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

134

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

93

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

128

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

139

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

88

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

100

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

110

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

111

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

111

William Gallas

French association football player

*August 17th, 1977, Asnières-sur-Seine

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