Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1972
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What day were you born on August 17, 1972?
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Countdown to Your 54th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 53rd birthday on Sunday. How was your 53rd 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 19,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
19,488 Days
2,560 Weeks
640 Months
53 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 235 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 54 years old. There have been 19488 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 6496 days, which is equivalent to 17.8 years. You spent 33.58% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 54 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 55 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 56 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 57 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 58 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 59 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 60 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 61 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 62 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 63 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1972?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
Peridot is birthstone for 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 |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Dave Penney, English footballer and manager |
| 1964 | Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter |
| 1965 | Dottie Pepper, American golfer |
| 1965 | Steve Gorman, American drummer |
| 1966 | Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager |
| 1966 | Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense |
| 1966 | Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman |
| 1967 | David Conrad, American actor |
| 1967 | Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager |
| 1968 | Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1838 | Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749) |
| 1850 | José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778) |
| 1861 | Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806) |
| 1870 | Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818) |
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
| 1897 | William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821) |
| 1901 | Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842) |
| 1903 | Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) |
| 1908 | Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873) |
| 1909 | Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883) |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1943 | World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily. |
| 1945 | Evacuation of Manchukuo: At Talitzou by the Sino-Korean border, Puyi, then the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, formally renounces the imperial throne, dissolves the state, and cedes its territory to the Republic of China. |
| 1945 | Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire. |
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 1947 | The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed. |
| 1949 | Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. |
| 1949 | The 6.7 Ms Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320-450 dead. |
| 1953 | First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California. |
| 1955 | Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people. |
| 1958 | Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 1972
In 1972, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 71,401 baby boys were named Michael in 1972. The rest were named Christopher, James, David and John. While the popular baby girl name in 1972 was Jennifer. There were 63,604 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. 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 1972 there were 3,851,650,588 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 320,970,883. This shows that there were 320,970,883 babies born every month in 1972. It can also be concluded that there are 10,699,030 babies born every day and 7,430 babies born every minute which is mean that 124 babies born every second in the year 1972. Maybe one of them is you.
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