April 17, 2014 | BirthdayAnswers

Learn interesting facts about Thursday, April 17, 2014 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 74,007,360 breaths and experienced over 422,899,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 89,866,080 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 10 years, and 18 days

📅 You were born on a Thursday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐎 Born in → The Year of the Horse

😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?💤 Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 1,224 days of your life or 3.35 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: American Sniper

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Happy" by Pharrell Williams (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Hardwell followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Armin van Buuren according to DJ Mag.

♈ April 17 zodiac sign is Aries ?There are 12 zodiac signs, and each sign has its own strengths and weaknesses, its own specific traits, desires and attitude towards life and people. Astrology can give us a glimpse of a person’s basic characteristics, preferences, flaws and fears.

🔢 Your life path number is 1 ?Numerology links numbers to certain traits, much like how astrology connects planets and zodiac signs to characteristics. It’s used to understand personality, predict future happenings, and explore life’s meaning.

🪐 Your ruling planet is Mars ♂

🪨 Your birthstone is Diamond ?Each month is represented by a specific birthstone, symbolizing the birth month of an individual. The properties associated with that birthstone are believed to be “inherited” by the person born in that particular month.

🌷 The birth flower for April is Sweet Pea/Daisy ?Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody’s birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be “inherited” by whoever is born in that certain month person.

📅 Your lucky day → Tuesday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Hawk

⭐ Celebrities born on April 17th

1985

Luke Mitchell, Australian actor (Home and Away; Blindspot)

1965

William Mapother, American actor (In the Bedroom)

1967

Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-Scottish actor (Desmond Hume-Lost)

1966

Vikram [Kennedy John Victor], Indian actor (I)

1946

Henry Kelly, Irish radio and TV broadcaster

1956

Elizabeth Lindsey, American explorer, filmmaker (Then There Were None), and actress (China Beach; The Byrds of Paradise)

1951

Olivia Hussey, Argentine-British actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile)

1964

Lela Rochon, American actress (Robin Stokes-Waiting to Exhale)

At the age of 58, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2014 with $76 billion fortune, followed by Carlos Slim & family with $72 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1387

Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" characters begin their pilgrimage to Canterbury (according to scholars).

1492

Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the "Indies" with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.

1895

Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed ending the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95).

1961

1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.

1982

Proclamation of the Constitution Act by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

🎄 Holidays on April 17

National Kickball Day

National Kickball Day, celebrated on April 17th, is a day dedicated to enjoying the globally loved game of kickball, a mix of soccer and baseball, that encourages everyone to gather in parks and have fun kicking balls and running bases.

Go Fly a Kite Day

"Go Fly a Kite Day," celebrated every third Sunday in April, encourages people to enjoy flying kites, transforming the old dismissive phrase into a fun, outdoor activity.

National Cheese Ball Day

National Cheese Ball Day, celebrated on April 17th, is a fun holiday where people enjoy making and eating cheese balls, which are tasty snacks made from cheese and often coated in nuts or spices, not about funny sweaters.

🏆 Sports in 2014

🏒 NHL

Los Angeles Kings defeated New York Rangers (4 - 1) to win the 2014 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos (43 - 8) to win Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014 in East Rutherford, NJ.

⚾ MLB

San Francisco Giants beat Kansas City Royals (4 - 3) to win the 2014 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2014 US Open Championships, Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori (6-3, 6-3, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Caroline Wozniacki (6-3, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 17, 2014 can be written as IV-XVII-MMXIV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 17, 2014
→ Day Index: 107th day of 2014
→ Day of week: Thursday
→ Week Index: 3rd Thursday of 2014
→ Next same calendar year: 2025
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 11 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 5,287,600 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,224 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 40 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 3.35 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 124 🌖
→ Life path number: 1
→ Zodiac sign: Aries ♈
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Mars
→ Birth flower: Sweet Pea/Daisy
→ Birthstone: Diamond
→ Spirit Animal: Hawk
→ Power Color: Red
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2014: 7,298,453,033 Source: un.org

The 2014 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2025. So, mark your calendars!

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