August 17th, 1972

Born on August 17th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 120 days, exactly on August 24th, 2024, people who were born on August 17th, 1972 will be 19,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 17th

Born on August 17th, 1972

51

Andreas Schlütter

German cross-country skier

*August 17th, 1972, Suhl

51

Chiquinquirá Delgado

Venezuelan actress

*August 17th, 1972, Maracaibo

51

Geoff Marshall

English YouTuber and author

*August 17th, 1972, Lambeth

51

Federico Colonna

Italian bicycle racer

*August 17th, 1972, Fucecchio

51

Alison Mosely

Paralympic wheelchair basketball player of Australia

*August 17th, 1972, Warwick

51

Hervé Della Maggiore

French association football player

*August 17th, 1972, Rillieux-la-Pape

51

Elida Reyna

American singer

*August 17th, 1972, San Antonio

47

Ty

British rapper

*August 17th, 1972, London †May 7th, 2020, London

51

Ken Ryker

American pornographic actor

*August 17th, 1972, Jeonju

51

Michelle Mussman

American politician

*August 17th, 1972, Aberdeen Proving Ground

51

Juan Antonio Ipiña García

Spanish singer-songwriter

*August 17th, 1972, Bilbao

51

Patrick Reiter

Austrian judo fighter

*August 17th, 1972, Schwarzach am Main

51

Régis Coulbault

French footballer

*August 17th, 1972, France

51

Tomaž Tomšič

Olympic handball player

*August 17th, 1972, Postojna

51

Chad Frye

American Cartoonist and Illustrator

*August 17th, 1972, New Jersey

51

Luciano Martín Toscano

Association football player

*August 17th, 1972, Lepe

51

Ernie Conwell

Player of American football

*August 17th, 1972, Renton

51

Jack Pyc

Polish-Canadian bobsledder

*August 17th, 1972, Wrocław

51

Jiří Zelenka

Czech ice hockey player

*August 17th, 1972, Prague

51

Cécile Jeanson

French swimmer

*August 17th, 1972, Perpignan

51

Richard Höger

Slovak association football player

*August 17th, 1972, Prešov

51

Peyvand Mossavat

Association football player

*August 17th, 1972, Tehran

51

Brian Whitman

American talk show host

*August 17th, 1972, Staten Island

51

Roberto Ramírez

Mexican baseball player

*August 17th, 1972, Martínez de la Torre Municipality

51

Matt Land

Italian musician

*August 17th, 1972, Emilia-Romagna

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45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

52

Helen McCrory

British actress (1968–2021)

*August 17th, 1968, London †April 16th, 2021, London

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

46

William Gallas

French association football player

*August 17th, 1977, Asnières-sur-Seine

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

53

Jim Courier

American tennis player

*August 17th, 1970, Sanford

45

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

British politician (born 1978)

*August 17th, 1978, Slough

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Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Leap year

Yes: 1972 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).

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