Friday, August 17, 2187 is a Friday. It is day 229 of 2187 (62.7% through the year), ISO week 33, in Q3.
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Friday, August 17, 2187 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2008: Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete at a single games.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 17.
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Historical Milestones
Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete at a single games.
Michael Phelps →American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.
Miles Davis →Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.
Korean War →Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.
Animal Farm →The independence of Indonesia was proclaimed, igniting a revolution against the Dutch Empire.
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence →World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by attacking the Peenemünde Army Research Center.
World War II →Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a secret conference in Quebec.
Winston Churchill →A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead.
1915 Galveston hurricane →World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.
World War I →Pike Place Market (pictured), one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.
Pike Place Market →The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (pictured) closed the first Bayreuth Festival.
Götterdämmerung →Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.
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Questions & Answers
Friday, August 17, 2187 falls on a Friday.
in 58,777 days (in 160 years, 11 months, 4 days). It is day 229 of 2187 with 136 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Friday, August 17, 2187 is written as XVII.VIII.MMCLXXXVII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Gibbous (approx. 96% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Leo.