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.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
- 1908 –Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris.
- 1942 –World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari).
- 1950 –Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
- 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.
- 1979 –Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156.
- 1980 –Azaria Chamberlain disappears, probably taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history.
- 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.
Who were born on August 17?
- 1768 –Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
- 1888 –Monty Woolley, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1896 –Leslie Groves, American military engineer (d. 1970)
- 1932 –V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer, Nobel Laureate
- 1937 –Ronnie Butler, singer
- 1951 –Robert Joy, Canadian actor
- 1969 –Donnie Wahlberg, American actor and singer (New Kids On The Block)
- 1970 –Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
- 1988 –Brady Corbet, American actor
- 1996 –Ella Cruz, Filipina actress
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