Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 2006
Did you know that August 17, 2006 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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What day were you born on August 17, 2006?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Thursday, 17
Countdown to Your 19th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 19th birthday on Sunday. Get ready, maybe you will get gifts and surprises from your family or friends. It will be a very pleasant day that you will remember for the rest of your life. You can also prepare to make a festive party on your birthday, celebrating in a beautiful place with family and friends will certainly be a pleasant memory.
FYI: You are more than 6,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
6,916 Days
908 Weeks
227 Months
18 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 389 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 20 years old. There have been 6916 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2306 days, which is equivalent to 6.32 years. You spent 35.11% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 20 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 21 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 22 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 23 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 24 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 25 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 26 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 27 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 28 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 29 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 2006?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
What is birthstone for people born on August 17, 2006? It's Peridot. Your radiant and joyful nature is a guiding light to those closest to you. This natural tendency of those around you leads them to be creative problem-solvers who are intelligent and energetic.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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, 2006
In 2006, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Jacob is the most used. A total of 24,850 baby boys were named Jacob in 2006. The rest were named Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. While the popular baby girl name in 2006 was Emily. There were 21,409 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. 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 2006 there were 6,623,517,917 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 551,959,827. This shows that there were 551,959,827 babies born every month in 2006. It can also be concluded that there are 18,398,661 babies born every day and 12,777 babies born every minute which is mean that 213 babies born every second in the year 2006. Maybe one of them is you.
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