17 April 2016: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Sunday, April 17, 2016 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 70,943,040 breaths and experienced over 405,388,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 86,145,120 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 9 years, 7 months, and 18 days

📅 You were born on a Sunday

🌔 The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐒 Born in → The Year of the Monkey

😴 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: 1,173 days of your life or 3.21 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Work" by Rihanna featuring Drake (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was Martin Garrix followed by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Hardwell 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 3 ?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

1957

Byron Cherry, American actor (Coy-Dukes of Hazzard)

1954

Kim Tyler, American actor (Kyle-Please Don't Eat Daisies)

1951

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

1995

Paulie Litt, American actor

1979

Siddharth Narayan, Indian film actor

1935

Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (Eternity and a Day, The Travelling Players)

1937

Daffy Duck, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Porky's Duck Hunt"

1971

Claire Sweeney, British stage and screen actress (Brookside)

At the age of 60, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2016 with $75 billion fortune, followed by Amancio Ortega with $67 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

There's Nothing Like a Dame Day

"There's Nothing Like a Dame Day" on April 17 celebrates women in theater and movies, inspired by famous actresses and highlighting the honor of being named a Dame in the UK for outstanding contributions.

National Crawfish Day

National Crawfish Day, celebrated on April 17th, is a day when people in the Southern United States enjoy a popular regional dish made from small, lobster-like crustaceans known as crawfish, highlighting their cultural and culinary significance.

Orthodox Easter Monday

Orthodox Easter Monday, also called "Bright Monday" or "Monday of Renewal," is celebrated by Orthodox Christians as a continuation of Easter, marking Jesus Christ's resurrection, and it falls on a different date than Catholic Easter due to different calendars used.

🏆 Sports in 2016

🏒 NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated San Jose Sharks (4 - 2) to win the 2016 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers (24 - 10) to win Super Bowl 50 on February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA.

⚾ MLB

Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians (4 - 3) to win the 2016 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2016 US Open Championships, Stan Wawrinka defeated Novak Djokovic (6-7(1-7), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliškova (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 17, 2016 can be written as IV-XVII-MMXVI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 17, 2016
→ Day Index: 108th day of 2016
→ Day of week: Sunday
→ Week Index: 3rd Sunday of 2016
→ Next same calendar year: 2044
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 10 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 5,068,607 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 1,173 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 38 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 3.21 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 119 🌔
→ Life path number: 3
→ 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 2016: 7,466,964,280 Source: un.org

The 2016 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2044. So, mark your calendars!

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