17 April 2020: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Friday, April 17, 2020 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 31,489,920 breaths and experienced over 179,942,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 38,237,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 4 years, 3 months, and 10 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌘 The moon was in Waning Crescent phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐀 Born in → The Year of the Rat

😴 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: 521 days of your life or 1.43 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Bad Boys for Life

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Toosie Slide" by Drake (source: Billboard Hot 100)

The number 1 DJ in the world was David Guetta followed by Dmitri Vegas & Like Mike and Martin Garrix 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 7 ?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

1967

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

1951

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

1976

Alex Nesic, Serbian-French-American actor

1940

Billy Fury [Ronald Wycherley], British rock singer ("When Will You Say I Love You"; "Halfway To Paradise") and actor (That'll Be The Day)

1920

Genevieve [Ginette Auger], French actress and singer (The Jack Paar Show)

1956

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

1957

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

1982

Lee Joon-gi, South Korean actor and model

At the age of 56, Jeff Bezos was the richest person in the world in 2020 with $113 billion fortune, followed by Bill Gates with $98 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

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.

Yom HaShoah

Yom HaShoah is a day when Jews around the world remember the 6 million Jews who were killed by Hitler and his followers during the Holocaust, ensuring we never forget this tragic part of history.

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.

🏆 Sports in 2020

🏒 NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Dallas Stars (4 - 2) to win the 2020 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Kansas City Chiefs beat San Francisso 49ers (20 - 31) to win Super Bowl LIV on February 2, 2020 in Miami Gardens, FL.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays (4 - 2) to win the 2020 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2020 US Open Championships, Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev (2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6) to win the men's singles title. Naomi Osaka beat Victoria Azarenka (1-6, 6-3, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 17, 2020 can be written as IV-XVII-MMXX. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 17, 2020
→ Day Index: 108th day of 2020
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 2020
→ Next same calendar year: 2048
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 5 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 2,249,388 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 521 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 17 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 1.43 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 53 🌘
→ Life path number: 7
→ 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 2020: 7,794,798,739 Source: un.org

The 2020 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2048. So, mark your calendars!

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