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Countdown to Your 100th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 99th birthday on Monday. How was your 99th 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.
Did you know that people born on February 17
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 54 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 100 years old. There have been 36471 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 12157 days, which is equivalent to 33.31 years. You spent 33.65% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday | 100 Years Old |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 101 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 102 Years Old |
| 2029 | Saturday | 103 Years Old |
| 2030 | Sunday | 104 Years Old |
| 2031 | Monday | 105 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 106 Years Old |
| 2033 | Thursday | 107 Years Old |
| 2034 | Friday | 108 Years Old |
| 2035 | Saturday | 109 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on February 17

The Amethyst is the birthstone of people born on February 17, 1926 who are multi-talented, courageous, and honest. It is said that wearing an amethyst brings balance, wisdom, calmness, and restraint to the wearer.
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 February 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1754 | Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer (d. 1803) |
| 1758 | John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian (d. 1826) |
| 1762 | John Cooke, English captain (d. 1805) |
| 1781 | René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (d. 1826) |
| 1796 | Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (d. 1866) |
| 1799 | Carl Julian (von) Graba, German lawyer and ornithologist who visited and studied the Faroe Islands (d. 1874) |
| 1817 | Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1904) |
| 1820 | Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881) |
| 1821 | Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (d. 1861) |
| 1832 | Richard Henry Park, American sculptor (d. 1902) |
Did you know that on February 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) |
| 2006 | Ray Barretto, American drummer (b. 1929) |
| 2009 | Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter and journalist (b. 1922) |
| 2010 | Kathryn Grayson, American actress and singer (b. 1922) |
| 2012 | Michael Davis, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943) |
| 2012 | Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1918) |
| 2012 | Robert Carr, English engineer and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1916) |
| 2012 | Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist and academic (b. 1928) |
| 2013 | Mindy McCready, American singer-songwriter (b. 1975) |
| 2013 | Richard Briers, English actor (b. 1934) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on February 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1995 | The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN. |
| 1996 | In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match. |
| 1996 | NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros. |
| 1996 | The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured. |
| 2006 | A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. |
| 2008 | Kosovo declares independence from Serbia. |
| 2011 | Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday. |
| 2011 | Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin. |
| 2015 | Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti. |
| 2016 | Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others. |
In 1926, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Robert is the most used. A total of 61,130 baby boys were named Robert in 1926. The rest were named John, James, William and Charles. While the popular baby girl name in 1926 was Mary. There were 67,836 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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