Did you know that August 23, 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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If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Sunday, 23
Countdown to Your 17th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 16th birthday on Saturday. 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.
Did you know that people born on August 23
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 238 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 17 years old. There have been 5971 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 1991 days, which is equivalent to 5.45 years. You spent 34.06% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday | 17 Years Old |
| 2027 | Monday | 18 Years Old |
| 2028 | Wednesday | 19 Years Old |
| 2029 | Thursday | 20 Years Old |
| 2030 | Friday | 21 Years Old |
| 2031 | Saturday | 22 Years Old |
| 2032 | Monday | 23 Years Old |
| 2033 | Tuesday | 24 Years Old |
| 2034 | Wednesday | 25 Years Old |
| 2035 | Thursday | 26 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 23

Peridot is birthstone for people born on 23
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 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008) |
| 1926 | Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006) |
| 1926 | Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005) |
| 1927 | Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006) |
| 1927 | Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017) |
| 1927 | Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer |
| 1928 | Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014) |
| 1929 | Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (d. 2018) |
| 1929 | Vera Miles, American actress |
| 1929 | Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009) |
Did you know that on August 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883) |
| 1966 | Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883) |
| 1967 | Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918) |
| 1967 | Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883) |
| 1974 | Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888) |
| 1975 | Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913) |
| 1977 | Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890) |
| 1982 | Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) |
| 1987 | Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (b. 1952) |
| 1989 | Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 23
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed. |
| 1839 | The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China. |
| 1864 | American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas. |
| 1866 | The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague. |
| 1873 | The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens. |
| 1898 | The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London. |
| 1904 | The automobile tire chain is patented. |
| 1914 | World War I: Japan declares war on Germany. |
| 1914 | World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army. |
| 1921 | British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive. |
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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