Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 1997
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What day were you born on August 17, 1997?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Sunday, 17
Countdown to Your 29th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 28th birthday on Sunday. How was your 28th 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
10,359 Days
1,360 Weeks
340 Months
28 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 233 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 29 years old. There have been 10359 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 3453 days, which is equivalent to 9.46 years. You spent 33.79% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 29 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 30 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 31 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 32 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 33 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 34 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 35 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 36 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 37 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 38 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 1997?
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 |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter |
| 1943 | Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) |
| 1943 | Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author |
| 1943 | John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author |
| 1943 | Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer |
| 1944 | Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor |
| 1944 | Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation |
| 1945 | Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator |
| 1946 | Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer |
| 1946 | Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924) |
| 2013 | Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) |
| 2013 | Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
| 2014 | Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) |
| 2014 | Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) |
| 2014 | Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917) |
| 2014 | Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921) |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. |
| 1998 | Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. |
| 1999 | The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118-17,127 dead and 43,953-50,000 injured. |
| 2004 | The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. |
| 2005 | Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh. |
| 2005 | The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts. |
| 2008 | American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. |
| 2009 | An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. |
| 2015 | A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. |
| 2017 | Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 1997
In 1997, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Michael is the most used. A total of 37,549 baby boys were named Michael in 1997. The rest were named Jacob, Matthew, Christopher and Joshua. While the popular baby girl name in 1997 was Emily. There were 25,734 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. 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 1997 there were 5,905,045,647 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 492,087,138. This shows that there were 492,087,138 babies born every month in 1997. It can also be concluded that there are 16,402,905 babies born every day and 11,391 babies born every minute which is mean that 190 babies born every second in the year 1997. Maybe one of them is you.
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