26 April 2017: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, April 26, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 53,403,840 breaths and experienced over 305,164,800 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 64,847,520 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 7 years, 3 months, and 1 day

📅 You were born on a Wednesday

🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation Alpha

🐓 Born in → The Year of the Rooster

😴 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: 883 days of your life or 2.42 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran (source: Billboard Hot 100)

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

♉ April 26 zodiac sign is Taurus ?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 22 ?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 Venus ♀

🪨 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 → Friday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Beaver

⭐ Celebrities born on April 26th

1920

Russell Nype, American singer and actor (The Stuff, Call Me Madam, Dorothy)

1961

Joan Chen [Chen Chong], Chinese-American actress (Heaven & Earth, The Last Emperor)

1980

Channing Tatum, American actor (21 Jump Street, Magic Mike)

1918

Stafford Repp, American actor (Playhouse 90, Batman, Plunder Road)

1927

Jack Douglas, English comedian (My Brother Was an Only Child, Jack Paar Show)

1932

Francis Lai, French film music composer (Love Story)

1949

Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler

1926

David Coleman, British sports commentator (BBC 1954-2000)

At the age of 61, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2017 with $86 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $75.6 billion, according to Forbes.

📜 Historical events on this date

1478

Pazzi conspirators attack Lorenzo de'Medici and kill Giuliano de'Medici in Florence.

1920

Harlow Shapley and Heber D. Curtis hold "great debate" on the nature of nebulae, galaxies and size of the universe at US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

1945

Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason.

1956

First modern container ship, the Ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.

1986

World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe.

2005

Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country.

🎄 Holidays on April 26

National Garage Day

National Garage Day, celebrated on April 26th, is a fun day to clean out your garage, rediscover old hobbies and projects, and transform it into a cool space for creativity and fun stuff.

National South Dakota Day

National South Dakota Day, celebrated on April 26, is a day to appreciate and promote the natural beauty and attractions of South Dakota, like Mount Rushmore and Badlands National Park, to encourage more people to visit.

Remember Your First Kiss Day

Remember Your First Kiss Day, celebrated on April 26, is about recalling the details of your first kiss, the feelings it stirred, and possibly reconnecting with that special someone from the past, whether it was a magical or awkward moment.

🏆 Sports in 2017

🏒 NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins defeated Nashville Predators (4 - 2) to win the 2017 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

New England Patriots beat Atlanta Falcons (34 - 28) to win Super Bowl LI on February 5, 2017 in Houston, TX.

⚾ MLB

Houston Astros beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 3) to win the 2017 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 2017 US Open Championships, Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin Anderson (6-3, 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Sloane Stephens beat Madison Keys (6-3, 6-0) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

April 26, 2017 can be written as IV-XXVI-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 26, 2017
→ Day Index: 116th day of 2017
→ Day of week: Wednesday
→ Week Index: 4th Wednesday of 2017
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 3,814,674 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 883 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 29 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.42 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 90 🌑
→ Life path number: 22
→ Zodiac sign: Taurus ♉
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Venus
→ Birth flower: Sweet Pea/Daisy
→ Birthstone: Diamond
→ Spirit Animal: Beaver
→ Power Color: Green
→ President of United States:
→ World population 2017: 7,550,262,101 Source: un.org

The 2017 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2034. So, mark your calendars!

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