17 August 1981: Top 20 Facts You Need To Know

Learn fun facts about Monday, August 17, 1981 that no one tells you about. ⬇️

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You’ve taken nearly 325,725,120 breaths and experienced over 1,861,286,400 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 395,523,360 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 44 years, 2 months, and 25 days

📅 You were born on a Monday

🌖 The moon was in Waning Gibbous phase on this day

⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation

🐓 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: 5,386 days of your life or 14.76 years.

🍿 #1 movie was: Raiders of the Lost Ark

🎶 #1 song on your birthday: "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (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 8 ?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

1996

Ella Cruz, Filipina actress (Aryana)

1901

Henri Tomasi, French classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea)

1888

Monty Wooley, American actor (Pied Piper, The Man Who Came to Dinner)

1980

Shannon Lucio, American actress

1985

Yū Aoi, Japanese actress (Hula Girls)

1962

Buddy Landel 'Nature Boy', American professional wrestler

1968

Helen McCrory, English actress (The Queen, Peaky Blinders)

1955

Kevin Welch, American country songwriter ("True Love Never Dies")

📜 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 Nonprofit Day

National Nonprofit Day, celebrated on August 17th, is a day to recognize and appreciate the hard work and positive impact of nonprofit organizations that work to improve our communities and help people in need.

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 1981

🏒 NHL

New York Islanders defeated Minnesota North Stars (4 - 1) to win the 1981 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL

Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles (27 - 10) to win Super Bowl XV on January 25, 1981 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Yankees (4 - 2) to win the 1981 World Series.

🎾 Tennis

In the 1981 US Open Championships, John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3) to win the men's singles title. Tracy Austin beat Martina Navratilova (1-6, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-1)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 1981 can be written as VIII-XVII-MCMLXXXI. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.

🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 1981
→ Day Index: 229th day of 1981
→ Day of week: Monday
→ Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1981
→ Next same calendar year: 2026
→ Days until next birthday:
→ Age on next birthday: 45 years old
→ Days since birth:
→ You are: 23,267,029 minutes old
→ Days spent sleeping: 5,386 days
→ Months spent sleeping: 177 months
→ Years spent sleeping: 14.76 years
→ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
→ Full moons since birth: 548 🌖
→ Life path number: 8
→ 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 1981: 4,537,845,777 Source: un.org

The 1981 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2026. So, mark your calendars!

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