I was born on August 17th, 1980 and was browsing to see what else happened on Aug 17th. Here are a few things that matter to a lot of people.
- The first Compact Discs were released to the public in Germany in 1982. 200 Billion CDs were sold since then!
- Gabon gained Independence from France in 1960
- Indonesia declared independent in 1945
- MD5 Collision was found by Chinese researchers in 2004
If you know of more, post it in comments 
I am Prasad Sunkari,
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