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, 2024 is the 230th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 136 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
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
- 1862 –Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
- 1908 –Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
- 1915 –A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 mph.
- 1915 –Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia, United States.
- 1947 –The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
- 1959 –Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
- 1978 –Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
- 1988 –Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
- 1998 –Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.
- 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.
Who were born on August 17?
- 1768 –Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
- 1887 –Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
- 1904 –Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991)
- 1941 –Jean Pierre Lefebvre, French Canadian film director
- 1946 –Martha Coolidge, American film director
- 1951 –Alan Minter, British boxer
- 1958 –Belinda Carlisle, American singer
- 1974 –Tony Hajjar, Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)
- 1979 –Antwaan Randle El, American football player
- 1982 –Phil Jagielka, English footballer
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