Funny Birthday Facts About March 17, 1947
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What day were you born on March 17, 1947?
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What day was March 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 78th birthday on Monday. How was your 78th 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 28,000 days old
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Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
28,577 Days
3,752 Weeks
938 Months
78 Years
Your Age in Seconds, Minutes and Hours
Your Upcoming Birthdays for The Next 10 Years
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 278 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 79 years old. There have been 28577 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 9526 days, which is equivalent to 26.1 years. You spent 33.46% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tuesday | 79 Years Old |
| 2027 | Wednesday | 80 Years Old |
| 2028 | Friday | 81 Years Old |
| 2029 | Saturday | 82 Years Old |
| 2030 | Sunday | 83 Years Old |
| 2031 | Monday | 84 Years Old |
| 2032 | Wednesday | 85 Years Old |
| 2033 | Thursday | 86 Years Old |
| 2034 | Friday | 87 Years Old |
| 2035 | Saturday | 88 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for March 17, 1947?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on March 17
If you were born on March 17, 1947, your birthstone is aquamarine. This sea-colored stone has been believed to protect sailors and ensure safe voyages since ancient times. During the Middle Ages, many thought wearing aquamarine would keep them safe from poisoning. Roman tradition stated you could carve a frog into the gemstone to reconcile differences between enemies.
Famous People Born on March 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 March 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1962) |
| 1892 | Floyd B. Barnum, American college football coach (d. 1965) |
| 1892 | Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923) |
| 1894 | Paul Green, American playwright and academic (d. 1981) |
| 1895 | Lloyd Rees, Australian painter (d. 1988) |
| 1900 | Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970) |
| 1902 | Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (d. 1971) |
| 1903 | Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (d. 1987) |
| 1904 | Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator (d. 1991) |
| 1905 | Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (d. 1996) |
Famous People Died on March 17
Did you know that on March 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907) |
| 1958 | Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877) |
| 1958 | John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870) |
| 1961 | Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860) |
| 1965 | Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862) |
| 1974 | Louis Kahn, American architect and academic, designed Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (b. 1901) |
| 1976 | Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1906) |
| 1981 | Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913) |
| 1983 | Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 1983 | Louisa E. Rhine, American botanist and parapsychologist (b. 1891) |
Historical Events on March 17
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on March 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1960 | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. |
| 1963 | Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people. |
| 1966 | Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. |
| 1968 | As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead. |
| 1969 | Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel. |
| 1973 | The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. |
| 1979 | The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers. |
| 1985 | Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree. |
| 1988 | A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. |
| 1988 | Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet. |
Popular Baby Name on March 17, 1947
In 1947, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 94,764 baby boys were named James in 1947. The rest were named Robert, John, William and Richard. While the popular baby girl name in 1947 was Linda. There were 99,693 baby girls named Linda that year. While the rest were named Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Sandra. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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