Date:August 17, 1977

August 17, 1977

August 8, 1977 birthday facts

Learn must-know facts about Wednesday, August 17, 1977 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


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You’ve taken nearly 351,489,600 breaths and experienced over 2,008,512,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 426,808,800 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 47 years, 8 months, and 26 days


📅 You were born on a Wednesday


🌒 The moon was in Waxing phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Generation X


🐍 Born in → The Year of the Serpent


😴 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: 5,812 days of your life or 15.92 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope


🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Best Of My Love" by The Emotions (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 4 ?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

1960
Bruce Penhall, American actor (Savage Beach)

1962
Buddy Landel 'Nature Boy', American professional wrestler

1977
Jake Patellis, American actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life)

1939
Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz)

1993
Yoo Seung-ho, South Korean actor (I'm Not a Robot)

1926
Jean Poiret [Jean-Gustave Poiré], French actor, director, and screenwriter (La Cage Aux Folles)

1990
Colin Bates, American-British actor, dancer, and singer (Billy Elliot - The Musical)

1991
Austin Butler, American actor (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Elvis)


📜 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

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.

National I LOVE My feet Day
National I Love My Feet Day, celebrated every August 17, is a day to appreciate and take care of our feet for all the hard work they do in supporting our body, helping us balance, and carrying us through life.

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.


🏆 Sports in 1977

🏒 NHL
Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins (4 - 0) to win the 1977 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
Oakland Raiders beat Minnesota Vikings (32 - 14) to win Super Bowl XI on January 9, 1977 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB
New York Yankees beat Los Angeles Dodgers (4 - 2) to win the 1977 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1977 US Open Championships, Guillermo Vilas defeated Jimmy Connors (2-6, 6-3, 7-6(7-4), 6-0) to win the men's singles title. Chris Evert beat Wendy Turnbull (7-6, 6-2) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 1977 can be written as VIII-XVII-MCMLXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 1977
Day Index: 229th day of 1977
Day of week: Wednesday
Week Index: 3rd Wednesday of 1977
Next same calendar year: 2033
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 48 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 25,106,881 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 5,812 days
Months spent sleeping: 191 months
Years spent sleeping: 15.92 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 591 🌒
Life path number: 4
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 1977: 4,229,201,257 Source: un.org

The 1977 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2033. So, mark your calendars!

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