Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1962
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What day were you born on August 17, 1962?
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Countdown to Your 62nd Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2024?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 62nd birthday on Saturday. 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 22,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
22,625 Days
2,972 Weeks
743 Months
61 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 386 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 63 years old. There have been 22625 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 7542 days, which is equivalent to 20.66 years. You spent 33.87% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sunday | 63 Years Old |
| 2026 | Monday | 64 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 65 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 66 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 67 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 68 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 69 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 70 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 71 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 72 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1962?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
What is birthstone for people born on August 17, 1962? It's Peridot. Your radiant and joyful nature is a guiding light to those closest to you. This natural tendency of those around you leads them to be creative problem-solvers who are intelligent and energetic.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist |
| 1956 | Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun |
| 1956 | Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist |
| 1957 | Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter |
| 1957 | Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor |
| 1957 | Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater |
| 1958 | Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter |
| 1958 | Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant |
| 1958 | Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver |
| 1959 | David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993) |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 2007 | Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982) |
| 2008 | Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) |
| 2010 | Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 2012 | Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915) |
| 2012 | John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945) |
| 2012 | Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933) |
| 2013 | David Landes, Jewish-American historian and economist (b. 1924) |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana. |
| 1960 | Aeroflot Flight 036 crashes in Soviet Ukraine, killing 34. |
| 1962 | Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall. |
| 1969 | Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage. |
| 1970 | Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus). |
| 1976 | A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of Mindanao, Philippines, triggering a destructive tsunami, killing between 5,000-8,000 people and leaving more than 90,000 homeless. |
| 1977 | The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. |
| 1978 | Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. |
| 1985 | The 1985-86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota. |
| 1988 | President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 1962
In 1962, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 85,041 baby boys were named Michael in 1962. The rest were named David, John, James and Robert. While the popular baby girl name in 1962 was Lisa. There were 46,077 baby girls named Lisa that year. While the rest were named Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 1962 there were 3,150,420,761 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 262,535,064. This shows that there were 262,535,064 babies born every month in 1962. It can also be concluded that there are 8,751,169 babies born every day and 6,078 babies born every minute which is mean that 102 babies born every second in the year 1962. Maybe one of them is you.
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