Funny Birthday Facts About May 17, 1983
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What day were you born on May 17, 1983?
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Countdown to Your 43rd Birthday
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What day was May 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 42nd birthday on Saturday. How was your 42nd 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 15,000 days old
Did you know that people born on May 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
15,367 Days
2,016 Weeks
504 Months
42 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 339 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 43 years old. There have been 15367 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 5123 days, which is equivalent to 14.04 years. You spent 33.43% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday | 43 Years Old |
| 2027 | Monday | 44 Years Old |
| 2028 | Wednesday | 45 Years Old |
| 2029 | Thursday | 46 Years Old |
| 2030 | Friday | 47 Years Old |
| 2031 | Saturday | 48 Years Old |
| 2032 | Monday | 49 Years Old |
| 2033 | Tuesday | 50 Years Old |
| 2034 | Wednesday | 51 Years Old |
| 2035 | Thursday | 52 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for May 17, 1983?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 17
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Famous People Born on May 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 May 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer |
| 1957 | Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (d. 2012) |
| 1958 | Paul Di'Anno, English rock singer-songwriter |
| 1959 | Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach |
| 1960 | Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor, and producer |
| 1960 | Simon Fuller, English talent manager and producer, created the Idols series |
| 1961 | Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer |
| 1961 | Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1961 | Justin King, English businessman |
| 1962 | Andrew Farrar, Australian rugby league player and coach |
Famous People Died on May 17
Did you know that on May 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1934 | Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859) |
| 1935 | Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865) |
| 1936 | Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868) |
| 1938 | Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877) |
| 1943 | Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864) |
| 1947 | George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) |
| 1951 | William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865) |
| 1960 | Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884) |
| 1963 | John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888) |
| 1964 | Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895) |
Historical Events on May 17
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1983 | The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. |
| 1984 | Prince Charles calls a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. |
| 1987 | Iran-Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. |
| 1990 | The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. |
| 1992 | Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests. |
| 1994 | Malawi holds its first multi-party elections. |
| 1995 | Shawn Nelson steals an M60 tank from the California Army National Guard Armory in San Diego and proceeds to go on a rampage. |
| 1997 | Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| 2000 | Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen |
| 2004 | The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts. |
Popular Baby Name on May 17, 1983
In 1983, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 68,010 baby boys were named Michael in 1983. The rest were named Christopher, Matthew, David and Joshua. While the popular baby girl name in 1983 was Jennifer. There were 54,348 baby girls named Jennifer that year. While the rest were named Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. 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 1983 there were 4,699,569,187 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 391,630,766. This shows that there were 391,630,766 babies born every month in 1983. It can also be concluded that there are 13,054,359 babies born every day and 9,066 babies born every minute which is mean that 152 babies born every second in the year 1983. Maybe one of them is you.
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