Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1940
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What day were you born on August 17, 1940?
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Countdown to Your 85th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 85th birthday on Sunday. Get ready, maybe you will get gifts and surprises from your family or friends. It will be a very pleasant day that you will remember for the rest of your life. You can also prepare to make a festive party on your birthday, celebrating in a beautiful place with family and friends will certainly be a pleasant memory.
FYI: You are more than 30,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
30,980 Days
4,068 Weeks
1,017 Months
84 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 431 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 86 years old. There have been 30980 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 10327 days, which is equivalent to 28.29 years. You spent 33.68% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 86 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 87 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 88 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 89 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 90 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 91 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 92 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 93 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 94 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 95 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1940?
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 |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress |
| 1972 | Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1974 | Giuliana Rancic, Italian-American journalist and television personality |
| 1974 | Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer |
| 1976 | Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1976 | Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director |
| 1976 | Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1977 | Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist |
| 1977 | Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker |
| 1977 | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 754 | Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia |
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
| 1153 | Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130) |
| 1304 | Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) |
| 1324 | Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293) |
| 1338 | Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 1510 | Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462) |
| 1510 | Richard Empson, English statesman |
| 1547 | Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478) |
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, 1940
In 1940, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 62,476 baby boys were named James in 1940. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Richard. While the popular baby girl name in 1940 was Mary. There were 56,208 baby girls named Mary that year. While the rest were named Barbara, Patricia, Judith and Betty. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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