August 17th, 1988

Born on August 17th, 1988

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 17th, 1988?

August 17th, 1988

President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq

What else 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.

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

Born on August 17th, 1988

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

35

Sho Hatsuyama

Cyclist

*August 17th, 1988, Japan

35

Erika Toda

Japanese actress

*August 17th, 1988, Nada-ku

35

Johanna Larsson

Swedish tennis player

*August 17th, 1988, Boden

35

José San Román

Argentine footballer

*August 17th, 1988, San Martín

35

Natalie Sandtorv

Norwegian jazz musician

*August 17th, 1988, Ålesund Municipality

35

Sabrina Fanchini

Italian alpine skier.

*August 17th, 1988, Lovere

35

Laurenne Ross

American alpine skier

*August 17th, 1988, Edmonton

35

Belle Chen

Australian pianist

*August 17th, 1988, Kaohsiung

35

Joyner Lucas

American rapper

*August 17th, 1988, Worcester

35

Slobodan Bitević

Serbian karateka

*August 17th, 1988, Alibunar

35

Ali Abdolmaleki

Iranian musician, singer, composer

*August 17th, 1988, Tuyserkan

35

Mitch Dening

Australian baseball player

*August 17th, 1988, New South Wales

35

Lopati Okelani

Tuvuluan footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Tuvalu

35

Aidan Harte

Irish hurler

*August 17th, 1988, Galway

35

Kirill Sidelnikov

Russian martial artist

*August 17th, 1988, Stary Oskol

35

Wojciech Moranda

Polish chess player

*August 17th, 1988, Kielce

35

Chris Culliver

American football player

*August 17th, 1988, Philadelphia

35

Nour Zaki

Egyptian film director

*August 17th, 1988, Heliopolis

35

Elvin Mursaliyev

Azerbaijani wrestler

*August 17th, 1988, Baku

35

Ad Achkar

Photographer and artist

*August 17th, 1988, Beirut

27

Jihadi John

British terrorist and murderer

*August 17th, 1988, Al Jahra †November 12th, 2015, Raqqa

35

João Aurélio

Portuguese footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Beja

35

Hélène Kuhn

French actor

*August 17th, 1988, United States of America

35

Nicolas Ezequiel Gorosito

Argentine footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Santa Fe

35

Agus Suhendra

Indonesian footballer

*August 17th, 1988, South Aceh

35

Simone Palermo

Italian footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Rome

35

Rhys Meynell

English footballer (born 1988)

*August 17th, 1988, Barnsley

35

Mana Silva

American football player (born 1988)

*August 17th, 1988, Wahiawa

35

Mahadirga Lasut

Indonesian footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Manado City

35

Luís Miguel Coimbra Aurélio

Portuguese footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Beja

35

Gabriele Ferro

Italian motorcycle racer

*August 17th, 1988, Biella

35

Sindhu Sriharsha

American cricketer

*August 17th, 1988, Bengaluru

35

Florian Zellhofer

Association football player

*August 17th, 1988, Scheibbs

35

Dennico Hollis

Bermudian cricketer

*August 17th, 1988, Bermuda

35

David Fung

Australian musician

*August 17th, 1988, Sydney

35

Arly Velásquez

Mexican paralympic alpine skier

*August 17th, 1988, Cancun

35

Johnny Patrick

American football cornerback

*August 17th, 1988, DeLand

35

Jalal Daoudi

Association football player

*August 17th, 1988, Safi

35

Amber van der Heijde

Dutch footballer

*August 17th, 1988, Purmerend

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

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

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

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

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

34

Frederick Lau

German actor

*August 17th, 1989, West Berlin

32

Marion Rousse

French cyclist

*August 17th, 1991, Saint-Saulve

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

31

Harald Reinkind

Norwegian handball player

*August 17th, 1992, Trondheim

32

Anisha Vekemans

Cyclist

*August 17th, 1991, Lommel

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

41

Phil Jagielka

English association football player

*August 17th, 1982, Sale

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

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

23

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

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

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

Same year
Born in 1988

35

Adele

British singer

*May 5th, 1988, Tottenham

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

35

Ma Jin

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

36

Chan Yun Lung

Badminton player

*February 29th, 1988, Hong Kong

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

36

Christian Meaas Svendsen

Norwegian musician

*February 26th, 1988, Kongsberg Municipality

35

Jérôme Boateng

German association football player

*September 3rd, 1988, West Berlin

35

Pramod Bhagat

Indian para-badminton player

*June 4th, 1988, Attabira

35

Mats Hummels

German association football player

*December 16th, 1988, Bergisch Gladbach

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

35

Monika Lewczuk

Polish singer-songwriter and former model

*June 10th, 1988, Łomża

36

Gabi Tóth

Hungarian singer

*January 17th, 1988, Tapolca

35

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

36

Marcel Schmelzer

German footballer

*January 22nd, 1988, Magdeburg

35

Lyna bonasera

Belgian actress

*May 17th, 1988, West Los Angeles

35

Savitree Amitrapai

Badminton player

*November 19th, 1988, Bangkok

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Leap year

Yes: 1988 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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August 1988