August 17th, 1980

Born on August 17th, 1980

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 15,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 52 days, exactly on June 7th, 2024, people who were born on August 17th, 1980 will be 16,000 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, 1980

43

Lene Marlin

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1980, Tromsø Municipality

43

Manuele Blasi

Italian footballer

*August 17th, 1980, Civitavecchia

43

Jan Kromkamp

Dutch association football player/coach

*August 17th, 1980, Makkinga

43

David Legwand

American ice hockey player

*August 17th, 1980, Detroit

43

Daniel González Güiza

Spanish association football player

*August 17th, 1980, Jerez de la Frontera

43

Mark Lennon

Australian rugby league footballer

*August 17th, 1980, Sydney

43

Brett Myers

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1980, Jacksonville

43

Doris Golpashin

Austrian actor, television presenter and radio host

*August 17th, 1980, Grieskirchen

43

Pierre Caillet

French rugby union player

*August 17th, 1980, La Mure

43

Keith Dabengwa

Zimbabwean cricketer

*August 17th, 1980, Bulawayo

43

Tootsie Guevara

Singer and actor

*August 17th, 1980, Manila

43

Fernando Perdomo

Guitarist and singer

*August 17th, 1980, Miami Beach

43

Cristina Pato

Bagpiper, pianist

*August 17th, 1980, Ourense

43

Winston Sterzel

South African YouTuber

*August 17th, 1980, Cape Town

43

Katia Palma

Peruvian actress

*August 17th, 1980, Lima

43

Albana Osmani

Albanian model and TV personality

*August 17th, 1980, Municipality Tropojë

43

Eugene Wilson

American football player

*August 17th, 1980, Merrillville

43

Chris Waters

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1980, Lakeland

43

Braimah Kamoko

Ghanaian boxer

*August 17th, 1980, Accra

43

Pieter Schlosser

Guatemalan-American filme and TV composer (born 1980)

*August 17th, 1980, Guatemala City

43

Janusz Dziedzic

Polish footballer

*August 17th, 1980, Dębica

43

Jorge Anchén

Uruguayan football player

*August 17th, 1980, Montevideo

43

Sandra Načuk

Serbian female tennis player

*August 17th, 1980, Novi Sad

43

Marina Gritsenko

Water polo player

*August 17th, 1980, Kazakhstan

43

Marius Onofraș

Romanian footballer

*August 17th, 1980, Iași

43

Endalkachew Kebede

Olympic boxer

*August 17th, 1980, Addis Ababa

43

Jeff Ridgway

American baseball player

*August 17th, 1980, Port Angeles

43

Carl Falk

Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician

*August 17th, 1980, Sri Lanka

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 17th?

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

42

Chris New

English actor

*August 17th, 1981, Swindon

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

46

Thierry Henry

French association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1977, Les Ulis

41

Phil Jagielka

English association football player

*August 17th, 1982, Sale

46

William Gallas

French association football player

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

45

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

British politician (born 1978)

*August 17th, 1978, Slough

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

42

María Laura Ábalo

Argentine rower

*August 17th, 1981, Buenos Aires

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

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

46

Tarja Turunen

Finnish singer

*August 17th, 1977, Kitee

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Leap year

Yes: 1980 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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