Funny Birthday Facts About October 17, 1979
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What day were you born on October 17, 1979?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Wednesday, 17
Countdown to Your 47th Birthday
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What day was October 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 46th birthday on Friday. 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 October 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
16,871 Days
2,216 Weeks
554 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 296 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 47 years old. There have been 16871 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5624 days, which is equivalent to 15.41 years. You spent 33.5% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Saturday | 47 Years Old |
| 2027 | Sunday | 48 Years Old |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 49 Years Old |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 50 Years Old |
| 2030 | Thursday | 51 Years Old |
| 2031 | Friday | 52 Years Old |
| 2032 | Sunday | 53 Years Old |
| 2033 | Monday | 54 Years Old |
| 2034 | Tuesday | 55 Years Old |
| 2035 | Wednesday | 56 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for October 17, 1979?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on October 17
According to ancient lore, opal is a birthstone of people born on 17
Famous People Born on October 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 October 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Vincent Poirier, French basketball player |
| 1995 | Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player |
| 1995 | Jamal Adams, American football player |
| 1996 | Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1997 | Robert Williams III, American basketball player |
| 2001 | Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer |
| 2002 | Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player |
Famous People Died on October 17
Did you know that on October 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931) |
| 2009 | Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916) |
| 2011 | Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919) |
| 2012 | Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) |
| 2012 | Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951) |
| 2012 | Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922) |
| 2012 | Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912) |
| 2013 | Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926) |
| 2013 | Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928) |
Historical Events on October 17
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on October 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. |
| 2000 | The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack. |
| 2001 | Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian. |
| 2003 | Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest high-rise. |
| 2004 | A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela. |
| 2017 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa. |
| 2018 | A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others. |
| 2018 | The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada. |
| 2019 | Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest. |
| 2019 | The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon. |
Popular Baby Name on October 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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