Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 17
August 17, 2025 is the 229th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 17
- 986 –A Byzantine army is destroyed in the pass of Trajan’s Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron. The Byzantine emperor Basil II narrowly escaped.
- 1807 –Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
- 1863 –American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
- 1915 –Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia, United States.
- 1943 –World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany’s V-weapon programme.
- 1950 –Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
- 1959 –Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
- 1982 –The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
- 2004 –The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
- 2008 –American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
Who were born on August 17?
- 1786 –Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother of Queen Victoria (d. 1861)
- 1893 –Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1911 –Martin Sandberger, German military officer (d. 2010)
- 1914 –Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d. 1988)
- 1930 –Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
- 1946 –Patrick Manning, 4th and 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago
- 1959 –Eric Schlosser, American author
- 1960 –Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
- 1970 –Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
- 1970 –Jim Courier, American tennis player
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