BestOfDate

January 17, 1938

January 17, 1938, was a Monday. It was 86 years, 11 months, and 5 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.

Facts

This date occurred 31,751 days ago. Approximately 1,058 months have passed. It was the 17th day of 1938, in week 03. The decade was the 1930s. People who were born on January 17, 1938, are now 86 years old and belong to the Silent Generation generation. We have gone through approximately 353 seasons of weather since this date.

Zodiac info

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

  • Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 17, 1938, will have the star sign Capricorn.
  • Zodiac Element: Earth.
  • Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1938 was the year of the Tiger (Yang Fire).
  • The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
  • Native American Zodiac: January 17, 1938 falls under the Goose.
  • Birthstone: A person during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
  • Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.
News

News, nostalgia, and fads

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 17, 1938.

  • The Great Depression.

    The Great Depression

    A severe worldwide economic depression was occurring during this period of time.

Personality traits

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on January 17, 1938.

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

View Personality Summary

Children TV shows

Cartoons and children's TV shows in January 1938

Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:

Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Toys

Toys in 1938

Children were playing with the following toys and games:

Dimestore soldiers
Dimestore soldiers

Were you born on January 17, 1938?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1938.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out January 17, 1944, instead.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on January 17.

Al Capone

Al Capone

Gangster Deceased
Born on January 17, 1899
He turned 39 on this day in 1938.

Betty White

Betty White

Actress Deceased
Born on January 17, 1922
She turned 16 on this day in 1938.

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

Boxer Deceased
Born on January 17, 1942
He was born exactly 4 years after this date.

Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman

Comedian Deceased
Born on January 17, 1949
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Mick Taylor

Mick Taylor

Musician
Born on January 17, 1949
He was born exactly 11 years after this date.

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey

Actor
Born on January 17, 1962
He was born exactly 24 years after this date.

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama

First Lady
Born on January 17, 1964
She was born exactly 26 years after this date.

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey Deschanel

Actress
Born on January 17, 1980
She was born exactly 42 years after this date.

Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris

DJ
Born on January 17, 1984
He was born exactly 46 years after this date.

Marnie Simpson

Marnie Simpson

English TV personality
Born on January 17, 1992
She was born exactly 54 years after this date.

Maxwell Frost

Maxwell Frost

US politician
Born on January 17, 1997
He was born exactly 59 years after this date.

Jake Paul

Jake Paul

Youtuber
Born on January 17, 1997
He was born exactly 59 years after this date.

USA

US President

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the President of the United States on January 17, 1938.

UK

UK Prime Minister

Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.

Conception

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

  • A baby that was born on January 17, 1938 was most likely conceived around April 26, 1937.
  • The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 17, 1938 is close to October 10, 1938.

Submit a comment

Have something to say about this date? Was it your birthday? Or perhaps you have a memory of it?

All comments are moderated. Our system may automatically edit comments to correct misspellings and grammar. We may also remove or redact personal information.

How old was I?

Find out what your age was on January 17, 1938, by entering your date of birth below.
This information is not sent to our server.

Stats for January 17, 1938

Statistics

Here are some interesting statistics about January 17, 1938:

  • 31,751 days have passed since this date.
  • 4,535 weeks have passed.
  • 2,743,286,400 seconds have passed since January 17, 1938.
  • If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 3,200,500,800 times.
  • Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 1,415,535,782,400 miles through space.
  • If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 457,214,400 times.
  • You have taken approximately 235,922,630 steps. That's roughly 104,855 miles.
  • 32,919,437 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere.
  • How many years ago was 1938?

Search

It looks like you have reached the end. Try searching for another date.

Random

Random dates

Check out some of these random dates.