17 August saal ke 229th din (230th leap saal me) hae. Saal ke khalaas hoe me 136 din bachaa hae.

• 1905 - Fultala jahaaj, 790 girmitya logan ke lae ke, tiisra dafe, Fiji aais. ^[1]
• 1932 - V. S. Naipaul (Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul), jiske 2001 me Literature khatir Nobel Prize mila, ke janam Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago me bhaes rahaa. ^[2]

• 1893 - Mae West, American actress, gaayak, hansaewaali, screenwriter aur plyright ke janam Brooklyn, New York me bhais rahaa.

• 1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor ke janam New York City me bhais rahaa.

• 2007 - Fiji ke school khatir duusra term ke chhutti suruu bhaes rahaa. ^[3]

1. ↑ K. L. Gillion, Fiji's Indian Migrants, p. 213, Oxford University Press, London, 1962, ISBN 0-19-550452-6
2. ↑ Nobel Prize
3. ↑ "2007 Public Holidays". Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-10-15.