August 17th, 2000

Born on August 17th, 2000

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 350 days, exactly on April 8th, 2025, people who were born on August 17th, 2000 will be 9,000 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, 2000

23

Lil Pump

American rapper (El Zicario)

*August 17th, 2000, Miami

23

César Beauvais

Biathlonist

*August 17th, 2000, Sallanches

23

Adrijana Mori

Slovenian footballer born 2000

*August 17th, 2000, Ožbalt

23

Jannatul Ferdous Oishee

Bangladeshi model and Miss World Bangladesh in 2018

*August 17th, 2000, Pirojpur District

23

Hashim Ali

Yemeni artist

*August 17th, 2000, Qatar

23

Maurice Malone

German-American association football player

*August 17th, 2000, Augsburg

23

Rodrigo Saravia

Uruguayan association football player

*August 17th, 2000, Montevideo

23

Ngeno Kipngetich

Kenyan middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 2000, Bomet County

23

Dovydas Giedraitis

Lithuanian basketball player

*August 17th, 2000, Vilnius

23

Hrvoje Smolčić

Croatian footballer

*August 17th, 2000, Gospić

23

Álvaro Barreal

Argentine footballer

*August 17th, 2000, Buenos Aires

23

Thomás Chacón

Uruguayan association football player

*August 17th, 2000, Palmitas

23

Peter Voško

Slovak footballer

*August 17th, 2000, Slovakia

23

Denys Taraduda

Ukrainian association football player

*August 17th, 2000, Rozivka

23

Hu Xianxu

Chinese actor

*August 17th, 2000, Tianjin

23

Stephen Duke-McKenna

English association football player (born 2000)

*August 17th, 2000, Liverpool

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Who's birthday is on August 17th?

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

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

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

20

Rayan Cherki

French association football player

*August 17th, 2003, Lyon

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

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

35

Brady Corbet

American actor

*August 17th, 1988, Scottsdale

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

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

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

31

Harald Reinkind

Norwegian handball player

*August 17th, 1992, Trondheim

32

Marion Rousse

French cyclist

*August 17th, 1991, Saint-Saulve

28

Bryan Alaphilippe

French bicycle racer

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

29

Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier

Eritrean road cyclist

*August 17th, 1994, Addis Ababa

45

Disha Vakani

Indian actress

*August 17th, 1978, Ahmedabad

29

Taissa Farmiga

American actress (born 1994)

*August 17th, 1994, Whitehouse Station

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

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Born in 2000

23

Mischa Bredewold

Dutch cyclist

*June 20th, 2000, Amersfoort

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

24

Khea

Argentine rapper

*April 13th, 2000, Virreyes

24

Manuel Turizo

Colombian singer

*April 12th, 2000, Montería

23

Nadie por pendejo

Argentine singer-songwriter (born 2000)

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

24

Surf Mesa

American record producer and multi-instrumentalist

*April 10th, 2000, Seattle

23

Elena Wassen

German diver

*November 1st, 2000, Eschweiler

23

Isac Elliot

Finnish-Swedish pop singer, songwriter, dancer and actor

*December 26th, 2000, Kauniainen

23

Mxmtoon

American singer-songwriter and YouTuber

*July 9th, 2000, Oakland

23

Cameron Kasky

American activist against gun violence

*November 11th, 2000, Hollywood

23

Joshua Bassett

American actor and singer-songwriter

*December 22nd, 2000, Oceanside

23

Mina Jacobsen

Norwegian YouTuber

*November 30th, 2000, Eidsvoll Municipality

24

María Becerra

Argentine singer (born. 2000)

*February 12th, 2000, Quilmes

23

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Indian badminton player

*August 13th, 2000, Amalapuram

23

24kGoldn

American rapper and singer

*November 13th, 2000, San Francisco

24

Yeat

American rapper singer-songwriter, and record producer (born. 2000)

*February 26th, 2000, Irvine

23

Halla Bouksani

Badminton player

*July 30th, 2000, Kouba

23

Mata

Polish rapper

*July 14th, 2000, Warsaw

23

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

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Leap year

Yes: 2000 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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