August 17th, 2253

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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, 2253

275

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

310

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

250

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

284

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

266

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

267

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

317

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

306

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

276

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

300

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

275

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

299

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

258

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

293

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

304

Julian Fellowes

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

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

253

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

265

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

275

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

276

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

276

William Gallas

French association football player

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

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