August 17th, 2021

August 17th, 2021, will fall on a Tuesday. It will be day 229 of 2021. The decade will be the 2020s.

Basic facts and information about this date:

Zodiac & Birthstone information:

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on August 17th, 2021, will have the star sign Leo.
Leo is the star sign for this date in both the old and the new system.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2021 will be the year of the Ox (Yin Wood).
Native American Zodiac: August 17th, 2021 falls under the Salmon.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of August will have the birthstone Peridot.

Celebrities and historical figures that were born on the 17th of August:

Interesting facts about conception dates.

If your baby is due on August 17th, 2021, then the date of conception was probably around the 7th of November, 2020. (Rough Estimate).
A baby that is conceived on August 17th, 2021, will be due on the 27th of May, 2022. (Rough Estimate).

Events that have occurred on the 17th of August:

August 17th, 1950: Hill 303 massacre: 41 American Prisoners of War are shot to death by the North Korean Army.
August 17th, 1969: Hurricane Camille kills 256 in the United States.
August 17th, 1987: Prominent Nazi politican Rudolf Hess commits suicide at the age of 93.
August 17th, 1988: President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
August 17th, 1991: Strathfield Massacre: Taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots and kills seven people in Sydney, Australia.
August 17th, 1998: US President Bill Clinton admits that he had an "improper physical relationship" with Monica Lewinsky.
August 17th, 1999: 17,000 people are killed by an earthquake in Izmit, Turkey.
August 17th, 2000: Al Gore is nominated as the Democrat candidate for President of the United States.
August 17th, 2008: Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
August 17th, 2012: Robin van Persie transfers from Arsenal to Manchester United.
August 17th, 1979: Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) is released.
August 17th, 1986: Hurricane Charley hits the United States.
August 17th, 1992: English pop group "Take That" release their first studio album: "Take That & Party".
August 17th, 2007: The comedy movie Superbad (2007) is released in cinemas.
August 17th, 2016: Gamescom takes place in Cologne, Germany.

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Here are some fun statistics about August 17th, 2021.

299 days will pass between now and then.
25,833,600 seconds will pass between now and August 17th, 2021.
Between now and then, your heart will beat 30,139,200 times.
Between now and August 17th, 2021, earth will travel approximately 13,330,137,600 miles through space.
Between now and then, your eyes will blink 4,305,600 times.
Between now and then, you will take 2,221,690 steps. That's about 987 miles!
310,003 meteors will enter the earth's atmosphere between now and then!

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