Funny Birthday Facts About August 17, 2019
Did you know that August 17, 2019 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, 2019?
If you forget what day you were born, we will tell you that you were born on Saturday, 17
Countdown to Your 7th Birthday
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What day was August 17, 2025?
This year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 6th birthday on Sunday. How was your 6th 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 17
Your Age in Days, Weeks, Months & Years
2,251 Days
292 Weeks
73 Months
6 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 306 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 7 years old. There have been 2251 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 751 days, which is equivalent to 2.06 years. You spent 34.33% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Monday | 7 Years Old |
| 2027 | Tuesday | 8 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 9 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 10 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 11 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 12 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 13 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 14 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 15 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 16 Years Old |
What is your zodiac and birthstone for August 17, 2019?
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 |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter |
| 1943 | Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) |
| 1943 | Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author |
| 1943 | John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author |
| 1943 | Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer |
| 1944 | Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor |
| 1944 | Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation |
| 1945 | Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator |
| 1946 | Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer |
| 1946 | Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
Famous People Died on August 17
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) |
| 1994 | Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902) |
| 1994 | Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901) |
| 1995 | Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
| 1995 | Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933) |
| 1998 | Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950) |
| 1998 | Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940) |
| 2000 | Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929) |
| 2004 | Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
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, 2019
In 2019, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Liam is the most used. A total of 20,555 baby boys were named Liam in 2019. The rest were named Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. While the popular baby girl name in 2019 was Olivia. There were 18,508 baby girls named Olivia that year. While the rest were named Emma, Ava, Sophia and Isabella. 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 2019 there were 7,713,468,205 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 642,789,018. This shows that there were 642,789,018 babies born every month in 2019. It can also be concluded that there are 21,426,301 babies born every day and 14,880 babies born every minute which is mean that 248 babies born every second in the year 2019. Maybe one of them is you.
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