Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1925
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What day were you born on August 17, 1925?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Monday, 17
Countdown to Your 101st Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 100th birthday on Sunday. How was your 100th birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
FYI: You are more than 36,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
36,656 Days
4,816 Weeks
1,204 Months
100 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
We have calculated your birthday for the next 10 years. It's going to be a fun time to celebrate with family and friends. You'll get lots of gifts, too! There are 234 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 101 years old. There have been 36656 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 12219 days, which is equivalent to 33.48 years. You spent 33.48% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 101 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 102 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 103 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 104 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 105 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 106 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 107 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 108 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 109 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 110 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1925?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
Peridot is birthstone for people born on 17
Famous People Born on August 17
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1934 | Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014) |
| 1936 | Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. |
| 1936 | Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 2020) |
| 1938 | Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2023) |
| 1939 | Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997) |
| 1940 | Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician |
| 1940 | Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006) |
| 1941 | Boog Powell, American baseball player |
| 1941 | Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter |
| 1941 | Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013) |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 2007 | Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982) |
| 2008 | Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) |
| 2010 | Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 2012 | Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915) |
| 2012 | John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945) |
| 2012 | Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933) |
| 2013 | David Landes, Jewish-American historian and economist (b. 1924) |
Historical Events on August 17
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1585 | A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina. |
| 1585 | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces. |
| 1597 | Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores. |
| 1668 | The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. |
| 1717 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1723 | Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI. |
| 1740 | Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope. |
| 1784 | Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón. |
| 1798 | The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang. |
| 1807 | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 1925
In 1925, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Robert is the most used. A total of 60,897 baby boys were named Robert in 1925. The rest were named John, William, James and Charles. While the popular baby girl name in 1925 was Mary. There were 70,586 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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