August 17th, 1996

Born on August 17th, 1996

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 888 days, exactly on September 29th, 2026, people who were born on August 17th, 1996 will be 11,000 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, 1996

27

Jake Virtanen

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 17th, 1996, New Westminster

27

Brenda Santoyo

Mexican cyclist

*August 17th, 1996, Mexico

27

Esan Marsters

New Zealand rugby league footballer

*August 17th, 1996, Auckland

27

Gigi Radics

Hungarian singer

*August 17th, 1996, Endrefalva

27

Lidya Maulida Djuhandar

Indonesian singer

*August 17th, 1996, Jakarta

27

Ella Cruz

Filipino actress

*August 17th, 1996, Angat

27

Ilya Mikhalchik

Ukrainian motorcycle racer

*August 17th, 1996, Kyiv

27

José Materán

Venezuelan basketball player

*August 17th, 1996, Barquisimeto

27

Hamish Kerr

New Zealand high jumper

*August 17th, 1996, Dunedin

27

Milad Badragheh

Iranian footballer

*August 17th, 1996, Omidiyeh

27

Yuya Ono

Japanese association football player

*August 17th, 1996, Tokyo

27

Mayra Leiva

Argentine basketball player

*August 17th, 1996, Mendoza

27

Charlie Thurston

British cricketer (1996-)

*August 17th, 1996, Cambridge

27

Hwang Kyeong-tae

South Korean baseball player (1996-)

*August 17th, 1996, Daegu

27

Harri Millard

Rugby player

*August 17th, 1996, Pontypridd

27

Leya Buchanan

Canadian athlete

*August 17th, 1996, Mississauga

27

Fakher Tahami

Association football player

*August 17th, 1996, Abadan

27

Giorgos Ktistopoulos

Association football player

*August 17th, 1996, Thessaloniki

27

Jokin Ezkieta

Spanish association football player

*August 17th, 1996, Pamplona

27

Alba Teruel Ribes

Cyclist

*August 17th, 1996, Benigànim

27

Moses Odjer

Ghanaian footballer

*August 17th, 1996, Tema

27

Ayasa Itō

Japanese voice actress

*August 17th, 1996, Kyoto Prefecture

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

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

23

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

28

Bryan Alaphilippe

French bicycle racer

*August 17th, 1995, Saint-Amand-Montrond

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

29

Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier

Eritrean road cyclist

*August 17th, 1994, Addis Ababa

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

31

Harald Reinkind

Norwegian handball player

*August 17th, 1992, Trondheim

29

Taissa Farmiga

American actress (born 1994)

*August 17th, 1994, Whitehouse Station

20

Rayan Cherki

French association football player

*August 17th, 2003, Lyon

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

32

Marion Rousse

French cyclist

*August 17th, 1991, Saint-Saulve

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

29

Susanne Hoffmann

Austrian biathlete

*August 17th, 1994, Zell am See

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

Same year
Born in 1996

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

27

Lauren Jauregui

American singer

*June 27th, 1996, Miami

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

27

Lili Reinhart

American actress

*September 13th, 1996, Cleveland

27

Ruben Jille

Dutch badminton player

*July 11th, 1996, Nieuwegein

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

28

Summer Walker

American R&B singer

*April 11th, 1996, Atlanta

27

Nico Dannowski

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1996, Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

27

Duki

Argentine rapper

*June 24th, 1996, Almagro

28

Mabel

English singer and songwriter

*February 19th, 1996, Alhaurín el Grande

28

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

28

Wakana Nagahara

Japanese badminton player

*January 9th, 1996, Hokkaido

27

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Indonesian badminton player

*October 20th, 1996, Cimahi City

28

Muhammad Rian Ardianto

Badminton player

*February 13th, 1996, Bantul

28

Huang Kaixiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

28

Zach Bryan

American country musician

*April 2nd, 1996, Oologah

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Public holidays on August 17th

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Born on August 17th, 1996
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Leap year

Yes: 1996 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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