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Replaying Wednesday, February 17, 1999

The February 17, 1999 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 47 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.

If you were born on this day, you are 27 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 146 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, in 218 days. You have lived for 10,008 days, or about 240,211 hours, or about 14,412,684 minutes, or about 864,761,040 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

Michael Jordan (actor, autobiographer, baseball player, basketball player, entrepreneur, spokesperson, born February 17, 1963)
Ed Sheeran (actor, composer, film actor, guitarist, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, television actor, born February 17, 1991)
Paris Hilton (actor, autobiographer, disc jockey, entrepreneur, fashion designer, film actor, model, singer, socialite, television actor, writer, born February 17, 1981)
Denise Richards (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born February 17, 1971)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (actor, character actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born February 17, 1981)
Vicente Fernández (film actor, singer, television actor, born February 17, 1940)
Natascha Kampusch (autobiographer, non-fiction writer, screenwriter, television presenter, born February 17, 1988)
Jim Brown (American football player, actor, advisor, basketball player, film actor, film producer, lacrosse player, television actor, born February 17, 1936)
Marc Márquez (motorcycle rider, born February 17, 1993)
Jerry O'Connell (actor, film actor, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, television director, voice actor, born February 17, 1974)
Michael Bay (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, born February 17, 1965)
Vasyl Lomachenko (boxer, soldier, born February 17, 1988)
Rene Russo (actor, film actor, film producer, model, television actor, born February 17, 1954)
Lou Diamond Phillips (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born February 17, 1962)
Billie Joe Armstrong (composer, film actor, guitarist, mandolinist, manufacturer, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, stage actor, television actor, born February 17, 1972)
Bonnie Wright (actor, child actor, director, film actor, film director, film producer, manufacturer, model, screenwriter, voice actor, born February 17, 1991)
Toshihiro Nikai (politician, born February 17, 1939)
Dominic Purcell (actor, film actor, television actor, born February 17, 1970)
Alejandro Jodorowsky (actor, artist, comics, comics writer, composer, director, drawer, essayist, film director, film editor, film producer, mime, mime artist, painter, philosopher, playwright, poet, psychologist, psychotherapy, puppeteer, science fiction writer, screenwriter, sculptor, theatrical director, writer, born February 17, 1929)
Hal Holbrook (character actor, film actor, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born February 17, 1925)
Sivakarthikeyan (actor, singer, television actor, born February 17, 1985)
David Goggins (marathon runner, ultramarathon runner, born February 17, 1975)
Adriano (association football player, born February 17, 1982)
Huey P. Newton (human rights activist, philosopher, politician, sociologist, born February 17, 1942)
Ralphie May (comedian, podcaster, stand-up comedian, television actor, born February 17, 1972)
Jason Ritter (actor, film actor, film producer, television actor, voice actor, born February 17, 1980)
Jim Jordan (lawyer, politician, wrestler, wrestling coach, born February 17, 1964)
AB de Villiers (cricketer, born February 17, 1984)
Chiharu Saitō (Japanese idol, announcer, born February 17, 1997)
Rory Kinnear (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 17, 1978)
Brian Acton (computer scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, born February 17, 1972)
Sasha Pieterse (actor, film actor, model, singer, songwriter, television actor, born February 17, 1996)
Larry the Cable Guy (actor, comedian, film actor, radio personality, screenwriter, singer, singer-songwriter, stand-up comedian, television actor, voice actor, writer, born February 17, 1963)
Michiko Kichise (actor, fashion model, model, born February 17, 1975)
Chabelo (actor, comedian, film actor, singer, television actor, television presenter, born February 17, 1935)
Lucy Davis (actor, film actor, stage actor, born February 17, 1973)
Patricia Routledge (film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born February 17, 1929)
Jen-Hsun Huang (businessperson, computer scientist, engineer, entrepreneur, born February 17, 1963)
Taylor Hawkins (guitarist, musician, rock drummer, songwriter, born February 17, 1972)
Christina Pickles (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born February 17, 1935)
Masao Yoshida (engineer, born February 17, 1955)
Mori Ōgai (linguist, literary critic, military personnel, novelist, physician, physician writer, playwright, poet, translator, born February 17, 1862)
Herbert Köfer (actor, film actor, radio personality, stage actor, television presenter, voice actor, born February 17, 1921)
Case Keenum (American football player, born February 17, 1988)
Barry Humphries (comedian, drag queen, film actor, painter, screenwriter, television actor, born February 17, 1934)
Yuki (composer, lyricist, radio personality, singer, songwriter, born February 17, 1972)
Taira no Kiyomori (military personnel, politician, samurai, born February 10, 1118)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (playwright, poet, short story writer, writer, born February 17, 1836)
José José (composer, film actor, jazz musician, musician, record producer, recording artist, singer, television actor, born February 17, 1948)
David Douillet (judoka, minister, politician, born February 17, 1969)

17th of February 1999 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 17, 1999

News Corp. Cutting Costs

Date: 18 February 1999

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

News Corp ordered 3 percent cut in operating costs in January to tighten its budget and increase profits; no job reductions are expected (S)

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Health Web Site Makes CNN Deal

Date: 17 February 1999

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

CNN News Group says it has invested undisclosed amount in Web MD and signed agreement to exchange news and advertising with company, an on-line medical information service (S)

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TV Notes; Bad Hair Days

Date: 17 February 1999

By Lawrie Mifflin

Lawrie Mifflin

CBS Morning News reports on disturbing increase in use of hair tests to screen job applicants for past drug use; such stories would be expected on evening news program, but CBS wants to use them to distinguish its morning show from the competition (S)

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Despite Vatican, Case of Swiss Guard's Murder Remains Alive

Date: 18 February 1999

By Alessandra Stanley

Alessandra Stanley

Vatican closes its investigation into killing of commander of Swiss Guards by one of his junior officers, but scandal is not laid to rest; grieving relatives of Lieut Col Alois Estermann and his wife, Gladys Meza Romero, who was killed at his side, issue letter imploring Italian media to stop printing rumors about the couple's marriage and speculating on love triangle including Corporal Cedric Tornay, who killed himself after committing murders (M)

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Israeli Police Investigating Ariel Sharon, Attorney Says

Date: 17 February 1999

By Deborah Sontag

Deborah Sontag

Israel's Foreign Min Ariel Sharon is under investigation for allegedly bribing former Army general, Avigdor Ben Gal, to give false testimony in libel trial in 1997 in suit brought by Sharon against newspaper Haaretz, which he accused of printing falsehoods regarding his conduct as Defense Minister during 1982 invasion of Lebanon; his lawyer Jacob Weinroth says charges are absurd (M)

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AMERICAN EXPRESS GETS 14% OF TICKETMASTER-CITYSEARCH

Date: 18 February 1999

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

American Express Co says in Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it has acquired 14 percent stake, or 1.3 million class B common shares, of Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch Inc; Ticketmaster's class B stock is 83.9 percent owned by USA Networks (S)

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