Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 2012
Did you know that August 17, 2012 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, 2012?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Friday, 17
Countdown to Your 13th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 13th 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 4,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
4,682 Days
612 Weeks
153 Months
12 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 431 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 14 years old. There have been 4682 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 1561 days, which is equivalent to 4.28 years. You spent 35.67% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 14 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 15 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 16 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 17 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 18 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 19 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 20 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 21 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 22 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 23 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 2012?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17
Peridot is the gemstone of 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 |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster |
| 1968 | Helen McCrory, English actress (d. 2021) |
| 1969 | Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach |
| 1969 | Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer |
| 1969 | Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer |
| 1970 | Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author |
| 1970 | Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster |
| 1970 | Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach |
| 1971 | Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player |
| 1971 | Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1673 | Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) |
| 1676 | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621) |
| 1720 | Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654) |
| 1723 | Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668) |
| 1768 | Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703) |
| 1785 | Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710) |
| 1786 | Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712) |
| 1809 | Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728) |
| 1814 | John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732) |
| 1834 | Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802) |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1943 | World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily. |
| 1945 | Evacuation of Manchukuo: At Talitzou by the Sino-Korean border, Puyi, then the Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, formally renounces the imperial throne, dissolves the state, and cedes its territory to the Republic of China. |
| 1945 | Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire. |
| 1945 | The novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published. |
| 1947 | The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed. |
| 1949 | Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. |
| 1949 | The 6.7 Ms Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320-450 dead. |
| 1953 | First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California. |
| 1955 | Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people. |
| 1958 | Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. |
Popular Baby Name on August 17, 2012
In 2012, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Jacob is the most used. A total of 19,088 baby boys were named Jacob in 2012. The rest were named Mason, Ethan, Noah and William. While the popular baby girl name in 2012 was Sophia. There were 22,320 baby girls named Sophia that year. While the rest were named Emma, Isabella, Olivia 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 2012 there were 7,125,827,957 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 593,818,997. This shows that there were 593,818,997 babies born every month in 2012. It can also be concluded that there are 19,793,967 babies born every day and 13,746 babies born every minute which is mean that 230 babies born every second in the year 2012. Maybe one of them is you.
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