Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1948
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What day were you born on August 17, 1948?
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Countdown to Your 78th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 77th birthday on Sunday. How was your 77th 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
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
28,253 Days
3,712 Weeks
928 Months
77 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 236 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 78 years old. There have been 28253 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 9418 days, which is equivalent to 25.8 years. You spent 33.51% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 78 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 79 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 80 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 81 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 82 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 83 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 84 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 85 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 86 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 87 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1948?
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 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927) |
| 2015 | Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) |
| 2016 | Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
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, 1948
In 1948, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, James is the most used. A total of 88,589 baby boys were named James in 1948. The rest were named Robert, John, William and David. While the popular baby girl name in 1948 was Linda. There were 96,212 baby girls named Linda that year. While the rest were named Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
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