Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 2006
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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 20th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 19th birthday on Sunday. How was your 19th 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 7,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
7,073 Days
928 Weeks
232 Months
19 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 232 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 20 years old. There have been 7073 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2358 days, which is equivalent to 6.46 years. You spent 34% 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
Peridot is birthstone for 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 |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015) |
| 1988 | Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter |
| 1989 | Lil B, American rapper |
| 1989 | Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer |
| 1991 | Austin Butler, American actor |
| 1992 | Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) |
| 1992 | Chanel Mata'utia, Australian rugby league player |
| 1992 | Saraya Bevis, English wrestler |
| 1993 | Ederson Moraes, Brazilian footballer |
| 1993 | Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 2007 | Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982) |
| 2008 | Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) |
| 2010 | Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928) |
| 2012 | Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915) |
| 2012 | John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945) |
| 2012 | Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933) |
| 2013 | David Landes, Jewish-American historian and economist (b. 1924) |
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, 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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