Did you know that August 17, 2020 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 Monday, 17
Countdown to Your 6th Birthday
-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year will increase your age. You will celebrate your 6th birthday on Monday. 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.
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 590 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 7 years old. There have been 1966 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 656 days, which is equivalent to 1.8 years. You spent 36% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Tuesday | 7 Years Old |
| 2028 | Thursday | 8 Years Old |
| 2029 | Friday | 9 Years Old |
| 2030 | Saturday | 10 Years Old |
| 2031 | Sunday | 11 Years Old |
| 2032 | Tuesday | 12 Years Old |
| 2033 | Wednesday | 13 Years Old |
| 2034 | Thursday | 14 Years Old |
| 2035 | Friday | 15 Years Old |
| 2036 | Sunday | 16 Years Old |

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

Peridot is the gemstone of people born on 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 |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Dave Penney, English footballer and manager |
| 1964 | Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter |
| 1965 | Dottie Pepper, American golfer |
| 1965 | Steve Gorman, American drummer |
| 1966 | Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager |
| 1966 | Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense |
| 1966 | Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman |
| 1967 | David Conrad, American actor |
| 1967 | Michael Preetz, German footballer and manager |
| 1968 | Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
Did you know that on August 17
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924) |
| 2013 | Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) |
| 2013 | Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938) |
| 2014 | Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) |
| 2014 | Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) |
| 2014 | Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917) |
| 2014 | Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on August 17
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1585 | A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina. |
| 1585 | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces. |
| 1597 | Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores. |
| 1668 | The magnitude 8.0 North Anatolia earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in northern Anatolia, Ottoman Empire. |
| 1717 | Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1723 | Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI. |
| 1740 | Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope. |
| 1784 | Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12,000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón. |
| 1798 | The Vietnamese Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang. |
| 1807 | Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world. |
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