August 17th, 2007

Born on August 17th, 2007

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 6,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 134 days, exactly on October 16th, 2026, people who were born on August 17th, 2007 will be 7,000 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 Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete 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

World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by attacking the Peenemünde Army Research Center.

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 (pictured), 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, 1876

The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (pictured) closed the first Bayreuth Festival.

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

Same year
Born in 2007

19

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

18

James, Earl of Wessex

Son of Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh

*December 17th, 2007, Frimley Park Hospital

18

Viki Gabor

Polish singer

*July 10th, 2007, Hamburg

18

Kuzey Tunçelli

Turkish swimmer

*August 30th, 2007, Kocaeli

19

Ana Paula Martínez

Mexican actress

*February 22nd, 2007, Mexico City

18

Park Min-ha

South Korean actress

*July 2nd, 2007, Gunpo

19

Quan Hongchan

Chinese diver (2007-)

*March 28th, 2007, Zhanjiang

19

Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

Moroccan Royal

*February 28th, 2007, Rabat

19

Stacey Fru

Child Author and Philanthropist

*February 16th, 2007, Johannesburg

18

Melani García

Spanish singer

*June 10th, 2007, L'Eliana

18

Aubrey Anderson-Emmons

American child actress

*June 6th, 2007, Santa Monica

19

Cailey Fleming

American actress

*March 25th, 2007, Picayune

18

DJ Switch

Ghanaian disc jockey

*December 12th, 2007, Dadieso

18

Teodora Kostović

Serbian tennis player

*June 28th, 2007, Novi Sad

18

Alina Korneeva

Russian tennis player

*June 23rd, 2007, Moscow

19

Louis Sharp

New Zealand racing driver

*May 11th, 2007, Nottingham

19

Adam Benák

Czech ice hockey player (born 2007)

*April 10th, 2007, Plzeň

19

Raicca Ventura

Skateboarder

*March 8th, 2007, São Caetano do Sul

19

Anna Pezzetta

Italian figure skater

*March 6th, 2007, Bolzano

19

Kiana Blanckert

Australian born Swedish singer

*February 25th, 2007, Perth

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Public holidays on August 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 17th.

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Born on August 17th, 2007
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2007 is a normal year and no leap year.

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