Born on 17 July 1972

At A Glance

17 July 1972 at a glance

Day of the week

17 July 1972 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Sylvia's Mother” by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1972

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1972 was The Godfather.

Star sign

The star sign for 17 July is Cancer.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 17 July 1972 fell in the Year of the Rat.

Birthstone

The birthstone for July is Ruby.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 17 July 1972 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 17 July

• 1968 Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
• 1973 King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
• 1975 Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
• 1976 East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
• 1976 The opening of the Summer Olympics in Montreal is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of New Zealand's participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the IOC had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in South African sporting events during apartheid.

Famous people born on 17 July

• Brett Goldstein, British actor, comedian and writer (born 1980)
• Billie Lourd, American actress (born 1992)
• Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (1935–2024)
• Queen Camilla, Queen Consort of King Charles III of the United Kingdom (born 1947)

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