12 August 2017: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn cool facts about Saturday, August 12, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 56,689,920 breaths and experienced over 323,942,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 68,837,760 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 7 years, 8 months, and 12 days

📅 You were born on a Saturday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous 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: 937 days of your life or 2.57 years.

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

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (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.

♌ August 12 zodiac sign is Leo ?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 Sun ☉

🪨 Your birthstone is Peridot and Sardonyx ?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 August is Gladiolus ?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 → Sunday

🦅 Your spirit animal → Salmon

⭐ Celebrities born on August 12th

1950

Jim Beaver, American actor (Supernatural; Deadwood), writer, and film historian

1940

Michael Brunson, English journalist, newscaster and actor (Never Say Die)

1992

Cara Delevingne, English fashion model, actress, and LGBT activist

1957

Amanda Redman, British stage and screen actress (At Home with the Braithwaithes; New Tricks; The Good Karma Hospital (2017–present)

1956

Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor (Thirteen Days)

1991

Lakeith Stanfield, American actor (Straight Outta Compton)

1968

Andras Jones, American actor

1922

Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (Porridge)

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

1121

Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

1480

Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.

1851

American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine.

1908

Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car.

1981

IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0).

🎄 Holidays on August 12

National Middle Child Day

National Middle Child Day is a special day to celebrate and appreciate the unique qualities and contributions of middle children, who are often thought to get less attention in their families.

International Youth Day

International Youth Day, celebrated on August 12, is a day set by the United Nations to spotlight and tackle the big challenges young people around the world face, like poor education and poverty, through different fun and serious events to encourage everyone, including you, to help make a change.

IBM PC Day

IBM PC Day celebrates the introduction of the first IBM personal computer on August 12, 1981, a groundbreaking event that marked the beginning of a new era in technology and personal computing.

🏆 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.

August 12, 2017 can be written as VIII-XII-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 12, 2017
→ Day Index: 224th day of 2017
→ Day of week: Saturday
→ Week Index: 2nd Saturday of 2017
→ Next same calendar year: 2034
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 8 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 4,050,422 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 937 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 31 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 2.57 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 95 🌖
→ Life path number: 3
→ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
→ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
→ Birth flower: Gladiolus
→ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
→ Spirit Animal: Salmon
→ Power Color: Orange
→ 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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