17 August 1973: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Friday, August 17, 1973 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 376,588,800 breaths and experienced over 2,151,936,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 457,286,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 51 years, 1 month, and 22 days

📅 You were born on a Friday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Generation X

🐂 Born in → The Year of the Ox

😴 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: 6,227 days of your life or 17.06 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: The Sting

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Touch Me In The Morning" by Diana Ross (source: Billboard Hot 100)

♌ August 17 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 9 ?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 17th

1963

Jon Gruden, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2002, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Oakland/LV Raiders) and broadcaster (ESPN MNF)

1900

Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News)

1936

Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American (Dakota Sioux) country music singer-songwriter, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; Northern Exposure), and political activist

1977

Jake Patellis, American actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life)

1948

Bo Rucker, American actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up)

1926

Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles)

1960

Bruce Penhall, American actor (Savage Beach)

1981

Kristin Holt, American television personality (American Idol)

📜 Historical events on this date

1590

Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier [or Aug 18, 1591].

1903

Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America.

1945

Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands.

1945

Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel.

1947

The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

1998

Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship.

🎄 Holidays on August 17

Baby Boomers Recognition Day

Baby Boomers Recognition Day, celebrated on August 17th, honors the generation born between 1946 and 1964 for their contributions and achievements in shaping modern society.

National Black Cat Appreciation Day

National Black Cat Appreciation Day, celebrated on August 17, is a day to show love and appreciation for black cats, aiming to break the stereotypes and increase their adoption, since they are often overlooked despite being just as wonderful as other cats.

National Workers' Comp Adjuster Day

National Workers' Comp Adjuster Day, celebrated on August 17, is a special day to appreciate the hardworking people who help workers get the support and compensation they need when they're injured on the job.

🏆 Sports in 1973

🏒 NHL

Montreal Canadiens defeated Chicago Blackhawks (4 - 2) to win the 1973 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Miami Dolphins beat Washington Redskins (14 - 7) to win Super Bowl VII on January 14, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA.

⚾ MLB

Oakland Athletics beat New York Mets (4 - 3) to win the 1973 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1973 US Open Championships, John Newcombe defeated Jan Kodeš (6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Margaret Court beat Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 1973 can be written as VIII-XVII-MCMLXXIII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 1973
→ Day Index: 229th day of 1973
→ Day of week: Friday
→ Week Index: 3rd Friday of 1973
→ Next same calendar year: 2029
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 52 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 26,900,623 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 6,227 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 204 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 17.06 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 633 🌖
→ Life path number: 9
→ 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 1973: 3,927,538,695 Source: un.org

The 1973 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2029. So, mark your calendars!

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