You are 66 Years, 05 Months, 8 Days old from January 25, 2026. You were born on Monday and have been alive for 24268 days, your next Birthday will be after 06 Months, 22 Days or Your next birthday is in 204 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | August 17, 1959 (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 25, 2026 (Sunday) |
| Age: | 66 Years, 05 Months, 8 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Monday |
| Age In Months: | 797 Months 8 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 3466 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 24268 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 582443 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 34946590 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 2096795406 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | August 17, 2026 (Monday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 06 Months, 22 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1959 is not a leap year. |
August 17, 1959 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is August 17, 1959, is Leo.
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| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | VIII.XVII.MCMLIX
August 17, 1959 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: LXVI Months: V Days: VIII |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Summer |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Earth Pig
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Find out how many days you have been alive, what day of the week you were born on, and how long you have lived in days weeks months and years since your birth date. Chronological Age measures how old you are defined as how many years you have lived since birth.
The information above is calculated using UTC timezone where the date and time is Sunday, January 25, 2026 11:10:06Here is a random list who born on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver |
| 1956 | Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist |
| 1865 | Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950) |
| 1979 | Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist |
| 1900 | Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) |
| 1976 | Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014) |
| 1927 | F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (d. 2015) |
| 1972 | Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer |
| 1849 | William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919) |
| 1940 | Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 949 | Li Shouzhen, Chinese general and governor |
| 1949 | Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891) |
| 2016 | Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) |
| 1338 | Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301) |
| 1987 | Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924) |
| 2007 | Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 2006 | Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) |
| 1861 | Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806) |
| 2005 | John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) |
| 1875 | Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) |
Here is a list of some events happened on August 17. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. |
| 1978 | Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine. |
| 1863 | American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter. |
| 2004 | The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. |
| 1876 | Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, the last opera in his Ring cycle, premieres at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. |
| 1914 | World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia. |
| 1915 | A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h). |
| 1977 | The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. |
| 1585 | Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces. |
| 1916 | World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side. |