Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 2009
Did you know that August 17, 2009 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, 2009?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Monday, 17
Countdown to Your 17th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 16th birthday on Sunday. How was your 16th 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 5,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
5,954 Days
780 Weeks
195 Months
16 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 255 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 17 years old. There have been 5954 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 1985 days, which is equivalent to 5.44 years. You spent 34% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 17 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 18 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 19 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 20 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 21 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 22 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 23 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 24 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 25 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 26 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 2009?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
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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 |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress |
| 1972 | Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1974 | Giuliana Rancic, Italian-American journalist and television personality |
| 1974 | Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer |
| 1976 | Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1976 | Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director |
| 1976 | Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1977 | Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist |
| 1977 | Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker |
| 1977 | Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer |
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, 2009
In 2009, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Jacob is the most used. A total of 21,184 baby boys were named Jacob in 2009. The rest were named Ethan, Michael, Alexander and William. While the popular baby girl name in 2009 was Isabella. There were 22,311 baby girls named Isabella that year. While the rest were named Emma, Olivia, Sophia 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 2009 there were 6,872,766,988 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 572,730,583. This shows that there were 572,730,583 babies born every month in 2009. It can also be concluded that there are 19,091,020 babies born every day and 13,258 babies born every minute which is mean that 221 babies born every second in the year 2009. Maybe one of them is you.
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