Born on April 17
April 17 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 17, you share a birthday with Victoria Beckham, Karen Blixen and Sirimavo Bandaranaike. April 17 babies are Aries, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 17 is the 108th day of the year in leap years (107th in other years).
Famous people born on April 17
- 1974Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer
- 1885Karen Blixen, Danish writer
- 1916Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, world's first female prime minister
- 1972Jennifer Garner, American actress
- 1837J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co.
- 1918William Holden, American actor
- 1959Sean Bean, English actor
- 1897Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright
- 1985Rooney Mara, American actress
- 1952Joe Alaskey, American voice actor
What happened on April 17
- 1869Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
- 1905The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1907The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- 1925The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
- 1931After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 becomes the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous government of Catalonia within the Spanish Republic.
- 1945Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
- 1951The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.
- 1964Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.
- 1970Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
- 1971The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
- 1982Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
- 2014NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.
Also observed on April 17
- FAO Day (Iraq)
- Flag Day (American Samoa)
- Malbec World Day
- Women's Day (Gabon)
- World Hemophilia Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 17?
People born on April 17 are Aries. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 17?
Victoria Beckham (1974), Karen Blixen (1885), Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), Jennifer Garner (1972), J. P. Morgan (1837), William Holden (1918) were all born on April 17.
What happened on April 17 in history?
Among other things: in 1971, The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed; in 1982, Constitution Act, 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 17?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 17 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 17”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.