Born on August 17th, 1912
Weekday
Saturday
August 17th, 1912 was a Saturday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1912 - August 23rd, 1912
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 40,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 212 days, exactly on November 17th, 2024, people who were born on August 17th, 1912 will be 41,000 days old!
40,788 Days
5,826 Weeks
1,340 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 17th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 17th
Born on August 17th, 1912
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Who's birthday is on August 17th?
45 Vibeke Stene
Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania
*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal.jpg "Robert De Niro")
54 Markus Gisdol
German association football player and manager
*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige
96 Jiang Zemin
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai
95 Maureen O'Hara
Irish-American actress and singer
*August 17th, 1920, Ranelagh †October 24th, 2015, Boise
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74 Julian Fellowes
English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter
*August 17th, 1949, Cairo
74 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
American politician (1914-1988)
*August 17th, 1914, Campobello Island †August 17th, 1988, PoughkeepsieSame year
Born in 1912
81 Erich Honecker
Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)
*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina
41 Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
*June 23rd, 1912, Maida Vale †June 7th, 1954, WilmslowJack Marshall
Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)
*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape
104 Ingeborg Rapoport
German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)
*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin
94 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
German physicist (1912–2007)
*June 28th, 1912, Kiel †April 28th, 2007, SöckingLeiva Petersen
German classical philologist and publisher
*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar
65 John Paul I
Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)
*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City.jpg "John Cage")
79 John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
*September 5th, 1912, Los Angeles †August 12th, 1992, New York City
90 Wendy Hiller
English film and stage actress (1912-2003)
*August 15th, 1912, Stockport †May 14th, 2003, Beaconsfield
94 Milton Friedman
American economist and statistician (1912–2006)
*July 31st, 1912, Brooklyn †November 16th, 2006, San Francisco
59 Jean Vilar
French theatre director and actor (1912–1971)
*March 25th, 1912, Sète †May 28th, 1971, Sète
44 Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton
75 Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker
*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles
65 Wernher von Braun
German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)
*March 23rd, 1912, Wyrzysk †June 16th, 1977, Alexandria
97 June Havoc
American actress, vaudeville performer, and memoirist
*November 8th, 1912, Vancouver †March 28th, 2010, Stamford
78 Patrick White
English-born Australian writer
*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, SydneyBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 17th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 17th.
Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson_(American_educator)August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_17_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Engineer's Day (Colombia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_DayFlag Day (Bolivia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_BoliviaIndependence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Indonesia)Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GabonMarcus Garvey Day (Jamaica)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_GarveyPrekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_SloveniaSan Martin Day (Argentina)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ArgentinaBlack Cat Appreciation Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_catDate as a Roman numeral / digit
17.8.1912
Legend
| M = 1000 | CM = 900 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1912 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).