Replaying Saturday, February 17, 2007

The February 17, 2007 was a Saturday under the star sign of . It was the 47 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.

If you were born on this day, you are 19 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 127 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, February 17, 2027, in 237 days. You have lived for 7,067 days, or about 169,624 hours, or about 10,177,453 minutes, or about 610,647,180 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 2007 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on February 17, 2007

Florida: Padilla Lawyers Can Question Officials

Date: 17 February 2007

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Lawyers for Jose Padilla, seeking to prove he is unfit to stand trial, won the right to question government personnel who observed him at a Navy brig and a federal detention center. Judge Marcia Cooke of Federal District Court in Miami ordered eight Defense Department and Justice Department officials to appear for questioning at Mr. Padilla’s competency hearing next Thursday. The eight were previously interviewed for a United States Bureau of Prisons report that prosecutors cite as evidence that Mr. Padilla is mentally competent. Mr. Padilla, a 36-year-old American citizen accused of being an operative for Al Qaeda, is scheduled to go on trial April 16.

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News Analysis: U.S. troubles in Iraq create an opening for regional gains by Iran - Americas - International Herald Tribune

Date: 18 February 2007

By Michael Slackman

Michael Slackman

CAIRO — In recent weeks, President George W. Bush and U.S. military officials have increasingly accused Iran of meddling in Iraq's affairs. But from Iran's perspective, given its longstanding interests in Iraq, it is the United States that is meddling in its backyard, analysts inside and outside of Iran say.

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It’s Reported, They Mock, You Decide

Date: 17 February 2007

By Alessandra Stanley

Alessandra Stanley

With Fox News’s “The ½ Hour News Hour,” sometimes the humor is so heavy-handed that it seems almost like self-parody.

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A Symbolic Vote Is a Sign of Bitter Debates to Come

Date: 17 February 2007

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Sheryl Stolberg

Friday’s House vote was a stark reminder of how isolated the president has become as he presses ahead with his increasingly unpopular Iraq policy.

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Ralph Penza, Broadcaster Known for Aggressive Reports, Dies at 74

Date: 17 February 2007

By Anahad O'Connor

Anahad O'Connor

Ralph Penza was an award-winning television news reporter and backup anchor for WNBC-TV in New York City.

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Iran Ties Sunni Insurgents to Base in Pakistan

Date: 18 February 2007

By Nazila Fathi

Nazila Fathi

Sunni insurgents from Iran used Pakistan as a base to plan a bombing that killed 11 people, the Iranian Foreign Ministry charged.

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Iran’s Chance: U.S. Troubles in Iraq Create Opening for Regional Shift

Date: 18 February 2007

By Michael Slackman

Michael Slackman

While American officials have increasingly accused Iran of interfering in Iraq, from Iran’s perspective it is the United States that is meddling in its backyard.

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The Old Guard Flexes Its Muscles (While It Still Can)

Date: 18 February 2007

By Richard Siklos

Richard Siklos

It has become evident that the question of who will rule video on the Web is incredibly tangled.

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Bomb Kills Doctor in Pakistani Border Area

Date: 17 February 2007

By Carlotta Gall

Carlotta Gall

The attack was another indication of a creeping militancy in Pakistan’s border regions.

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Set the TiVo

Date: 17 February 2007

By David Pogue

David Pogue

A note about Pogue’s segment this Sunday on CBS.

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