29 April 2017: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, April 29, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 57,294,720 breaths and experienced over 327,398,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 69,572,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

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

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌒 The moon was in Waxing 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: 947 days of your life or 2.6 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 29 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 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 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 29th

1964

Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor (The Sopranos)

1969

Paul Adelstein, American actor (Prison Break)

1982

Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic

1974

Anggun [Sasmi], Indonesian-French pop, rock, and world music singer-songwriter (Snow in the Sahara; In Your Mind), television personality, and U.N. global ambassador

1980

Kian Egan, Irish pop singer (Westlife), and television personality

1986

Renee Alway, American Model and felon

1930

Jean Rochefort, French actor (Man on the Train, The Artist and the Model)

1987

Alicia Morton, American actress (Annie)

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

1862

New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War.

1864

Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga.

1916

Irish republicans abandon the post office in Dublin and surrender unconditionally, marking the end of the Easter Rising.

1945

US Army liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany.

1975

Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war.

1990

Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate.

1991

Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless.

1997

The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.

🎄 Holidays on April 29

National Sense of Smell Day

National Sense of Smell Day, celebrated on the last Saturday of April, is a day to learn about and appreciate our sense of smell, which helps us enjoy food, detect danger, and can change as we get older, highlighting the need to take care of it.

Bob Wills Day

Bob Wills Day is a special celebration held every last Saturday in April in Turkey, Texas, where fans gather to enjoy and honor the music of Bob Wills, a legendary figure in Western swing music, with lots of dancing and fun.

National Kiss of Hope Day

National Kiss of Hope Day is a day when people give kisses and words of encouragement to their partners to lift spirits and show support, especially during tough times or financial struggles, reminding families they can get through anything together.

🏆 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 29, 2017 can be written as IV-XXIX-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for April 29, 2017
→ Day Index: 119th day of 2017
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 5th Saturday of 2017
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 4,093,748 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 947 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 31 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.6 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 96 🌒
→ Life path number: 7
→ 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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