Funny Birthday Facts About August 23, 2017
Did you know that August 23, 2017 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 23, 2017?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Wednesday, 23
Countdown to Your 9th Birthday
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What day was August 23, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 8th birthday on Saturday. How was your 8th 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 2,000 days old
Did you know that people born on August 23
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
2,954 Days
388 Weeks
97 Months
8 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 333 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 9 years old. There have been 2954 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 985 days, which is equivalent to 2.7 years. You spent 33.75% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sunday | 9 Years Old |
| 2027 | Monday | 10 Years Old |
| 2028 | Wednesday | 11 Years Old |
| 2029 | Thursday | 12 Years Old |
| 2030 | Friday | 13 Years Old |
| 2031 | Saturday | 14 Years Old |
| 2032 | Monday | 15 Years Old |
| 2033 | Tuesday | 16 Years Old |
| 2034 | Wednesday | 17 Years Old |
| 2035 | Thursday | 18 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 23, 2017?
According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 23
What is birthstone for people born on August 23, 2017? 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 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 |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991) |
| 1956 | Skipp Sudduth, American actor |
| 1956 | Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture |
| 1957 | Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician |
| 1958 | Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager |
| 1959 | Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1959 | George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach |
| 1960 | Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1961 | Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor |
| 1961 | Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter |
Famous People Died on August 23
Did you know that on August 23
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934) |
| 2012 | Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946) |
| 2013 | Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924) |
| 2013 | Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951) |
| 2013 | Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955) |
| 2013 | Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987) |
| 2013 | William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925) |
| 2014 | Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989) |
| 2014 | Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994) |
Historical Events on August 23
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 23
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein. |
| 1948 | The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries. |
| 1954 | The first flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft takes place. |
| 1958 | Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy. |
| 1966 | Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon. |
| 1970 | Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins. |
| 1973 | A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome". |
| 1975 | The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan |
| 1975 | The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration. |
| 1985 | Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany. |
Popular Baby Name on August 23, 2017
In 2017, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Liam is the most used. A total of 18,824 baby boys were named Liam in 2017. The rest were named Noah, William, James and Logan. While the popular baby girl name in 2017 was Emma. There were 19,837 baby girls named Emma that year. While the rest were named Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. 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 2017 there were 7,547,858,900 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 628,988,242. This shows that there were 628,988,242 babies born every month in 2017. It can also be concluded that there are 20,966,275 babies born every day and 14,560 babies born every minute which is mean that 243 babies born every second in the year 2017. Maybe one of them is you.
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