Date:August 15, 2017

August 15, 2017

August 8, 2017 birthday facts

Learn cool facts about Tuesday, August 15, 2017 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 55,278,720 breaths and experienced over 315,878,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 67,124,160 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 7 years, 6 months, and 1 day


📅 You were born on a Tuesday


🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter 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: 914 days of your life or 2.5 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 15 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 6 ?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 15th

1958
Rondell Sheridan, American actor and comedian

1912
Julia Child, American chef, author and television personality (The French Chef)

1951
Ann Biderman, American film and television writer (Ray Donovan)

1965
Mark Labbett, English television personality and quizmaster (The Chase), known as "The Beast"

1955
Larry Mathews [Mazzeo], American child actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Ritchie")

1900
Estelle Brody, American actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything)

1935
Abby Dalton, American actress (Joey Bishop Show)

1845
Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott)

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

1461
Empire of Trebizond surrenders to forces of Sultan Mehmet II - last Byzantine Empire remnant to fall. Emperor David exiled and later murdered.

1620
Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims.

1900
The Boxer Rebellion: In China, the Empress, her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion.

1947
India gains independence from Great Britain, remains a dominion until 1950.

1998
Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles, kills 29 people and injures about 220.


🎄 Holidays on August 15

National Leathercraft Day
National Leathercraft Day, celebrated on August 15th, is a special day to appreciate and celebrate the skill and creativity involved in making things out of leather, from wallets to belts, recognizing this ancient craft's history and the artists who keep it alive today.

National Back To School Prep Day
National Back to School Prep Day, celebrated on August 15, is all about getting excited and ready for the new school year by making sure you have all your supplies and study area set up.

No Sponge Bob Day
No SpongeBob Day is a fictional holiday from the SpongeBob SquarePants show where everyone in Bikini Bottom takes a break from SpongeBob by celebrating without him, even making and burning a SpongeBob statue in a parody of the Burning Man festival.


🏆 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 15, 2017 can be written as VIII-XV-MMXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 15, 2017
Day Index: 227th day of 2017
Day of week: Tuesday
Week Index: 3rd Tuesday of 2017
Next same calendar year: 2034
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 8 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 3,948,925 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 914 days
Months spent sleeping: 30 months
Years spent sleeping: 2.5 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 93 🌗
Life path number: 6
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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