Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1996
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What day were you born on August 17, 1996?
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Countdown to Your 30th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 29th birthday on Sunday. How was your 29th 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 10,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
10,613 Days
1,392 Weeks
348 Months
29 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 344 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 30 years old. There have been 10613 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3538 days, which is equivalent to 9.69 years. You spent 33.41% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 30 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 31 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 32 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 33 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 34 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 35 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 36 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 37 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 38 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 39 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1996?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
Peridot is the gemstone of 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 754 | Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia |
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
| 1153 | Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130) |
| 1304 | Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243) |
| 1324 | Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293) |
| 1338 | Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301) |
| 1424 | John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381) |
| 1510 | Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462) |
| 1510 | Richard Empson, English statesman |
| 1547 | Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478) |
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, 1996
In 1996, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 38,365 baby boys were named Michael in 1996. The rest were named Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. While the popular baby girl name in 1996 was Emily. There were 25,151 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Samantha. 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 1996 there were 5,824,891,931 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 485,407,661. This shows that there were 485,407,661 babies born every month in 1996. It can also be concluded that there are 16,180,256 babies born every day and 11,237 babies born every minute which is mean that 188 babies born every second in the year 1996. Maybe one of them is you.
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