BirthJanuary 171997

Jake Paul

Jake Paul, American boxer, actor, rapper, and social media personality

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When
Friday, January 17 199729 years ago
Category
BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Jake Paul

Who they were

Jake Joseph Paul is an American professional boxer, influencer, and former actor. He began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app was discontinued. He launched his YouTube channel, Jake Paul, in May 2014, dedicated to vlogs and was ranked by Forbes as one of the highest-paid YouTube creators of the 2010s and 2020s.

Why this date

Jake Paul appears on our January 17 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.

January 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1997Jake Paul
  2. 2002Mount Nyiragongo
  3. 2007Doomsday Clock
  4. 2008British Airways Flight 38
  5. 20102010 Jos riots
  6. 2013Murder of Shahzad Luqman
  7. 2013Lance Armstrong
  8. 2016Barack Obama
  9. 2017Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
  10. 20232023 Nyingchi avalanche
  11. 20262026 Indonesia Air Transport ATR 42 crash

Also in 1997

  • May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
  • September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
  • September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
  • September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
  • September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
  • September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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January 17 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Friday.

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