Tuesday August 17, 1943
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

August 17, 1943: Day of the Week

August 17, 1943 was the 229th day of the year 1943 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 136 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.

A person born on this day will be 80 years old today. If that same person saved a Nickel every day starting at age 7, then by now that person has accumulated $1,345.50 today.

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Here’s the August 1943 calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly 1943 calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Sheep is the mythical animal and Water is the element for a person born on this day if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology (or Chinese zodiac).

August 17, 1943 Historical Event(s)

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World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
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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.
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World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
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World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.

Who were born on August 17, 1943?

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Dave “Snaker” Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
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John Humphrys Welsh broadcaster and journalist
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Robert De Niro, American actor

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