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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Countdown to Your 7th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis 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.
Did you know that people born on August 17
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 231 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 7 years old. There have been 2326 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 776 days, which is equivalent to 2.13 years. You spent 35.5% 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 |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on August 17

What is birthstone for people born on August 17, 2019? 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1928 | Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1929 | Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977) |
| 1930 | Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998) |
| 1931 | Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic (d. 2022) |
| 1932 | Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (d. 1980) |
| 1932 | Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (d. 2022) |
| 1932 | V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018) |
| 1933 | Mark Dinning, American pop singer (d. 1986) |
| 1934 | João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 2023) |
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) |
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. |
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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