Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1928
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What day were you born on August 17, 1928?
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Countdown to Your 98th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 97th birthday on Sunday. How was your 97th 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 35,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
35,559 Days
4,672 Weeks
1,168 Months
97 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 235 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 98 years old. There have been 35559 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 11853 days, which is equivalent to 32.47 years. You spent 33.47% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 98 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 99 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 100 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 101 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 102 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 103 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 104 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 105 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 106 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 107 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1928?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
Peridot is the gemstone of 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 |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player |
| 1984 | Dee Brown, American basketball player |
| 1984 | Garrett Wolfe, American football player |
| 1984 | Liam Heath, British sprint canoeist |
| 1984 | Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer |
| 1985 | Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model |
| 1986 | Rudy Gay, American basketball player |
| 1986 | Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player |
| 1988 | Brady Corbet, American actor and director |
| 1988 | Erika Toda, Japanese actress |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1918 | Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873) |
| 1920 | Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891) |
| 1924 | Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851) |
| 1925 | Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) |
| 1935 | Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872) |
| 1935 | Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860) |
| 1936 | José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880) |
| 1940 | Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911) |
| 1945 | Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) |
| 1949 | Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891) |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom. |
| 1914 | World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia. |
| 1915 | A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h). |
| 1915 | Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia, USA after his death sentence is commuted by Governor John Slaton. |
| 1916 | World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side. |
| 1918 | Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated. |
| 1942 | World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin. |
| 1943 | World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins. |
| 1943 | World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program. |
| 1943 | World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 1928
In 1928, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Robert is the most used. A total of 60,703 baby boys were named Robert in 1928. The rest were named John, James, William and Charles. While the popular baby girl name in 1928 was Mary. There were 66,873 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Betty, Dorothy, 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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