Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1979
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What day were you born on August 17, 1979?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Friday, 17
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 46th birthday on Sunday. How was your 46th 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 16,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,932 Days
2,224 Weeks
556 Months
46 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 235 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16932 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5644 days, which is equivalent to 15.46 years. You spent 33.61% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 47 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 48 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 49 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 50 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 51 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 52 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 53 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 54 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 55 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 56 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
Coming in at the tail end of summer are August babies. If you were 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 |
|---|---|
| 1849 | William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919) |
| 1863 | Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924) |
| 1865 | Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950) |
| 1866 | Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911) |
| 1873 | John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946) |
| 1877 | Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923) |
| 1878 | Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911) |
| 1880 | Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948) |
| 1887 | Charles I of Austria (d. 1922) |
| 1887 | Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940) |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1979 | John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) |
| 1979 | Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909) |
| 1983 | Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896) |
| 1987 | Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924) |
| 1987 | Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894) |
| 1987 | Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 1988 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914) |
| 1988 | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924) |
| 1988 | Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935) |
| 1990 | Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918) |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1585 | A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina. |
| 1585 | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces. |
| 1597 | Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores. |
| 1668 | The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. |
| 1717 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1723 | Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI. |
| 1740 | Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope. |
| 1784 | Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón. |
| 1798 | The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang. |
| 1807 | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 1979
In 1979, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 67,742 baby boys were named Michael in 1979. The rest were named Christopher, Jason, David and James. While the popular baby girl name in 1979 was Jennifer. There were 56,716 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Melissa, Amanda, Jessica 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 1979 there were 4,380,506,185 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 365,042,183. This shows that there were 365,042,183 babies born every month in 1979. It can also be concluded that there are 12,168,073 babies born every day and 8,451 babies born every minute which is mean that 141 babies born every second in the year 1979. Maybe one of them is you.
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