Date:August 17, 1985

August 17, 1985 Birthday Answers

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Learn cool facts about Saturday, August 17, 1985 that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign, birth flower, and much more below ⬇️


⏳ You have been alive for: 38 years, 8 months, and 7 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 284,860,800 breaths and experienced over 1,627,776,000 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 345,902,400 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Saturday


🌑 The moon was in New phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐂 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: 4,710 days of your life or 12.9 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Back to the Future


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Shout" by Tears for Fears (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 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 17th

1932
Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist (Le Petit Nicolas)

1900
Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News)

1948
Bo Rucker, American actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up)

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

1982
Cheeleader Melissa [Melissa Anderson], American professional wrestler

1901
Henri Tomasi, French classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea)

1970
Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist

1968
Helen McCrory, English actress (The Queen, Peaky Blinders)


📜 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 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 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 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 Thrift Shop Day
National Thrift Shop Day, celebrated on August 17, encourages people to shop at and support thrift stores, which help community members in need by selling donated goods at low prices.

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 1985

🏒 NHL
Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Fyers (4 - 1) to win the 1985 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins (38 - 16) to win Super Bowl XIX on January 20, 1985 in Stanford, CA.

⚾ MLB
Kansas City Royals beat St. Cardinals Louis (4 - 3) to win the 1985 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1985 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated John McEnroe (7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Hana Mandlikova beat Martina Navratilova (7-6(7-3), 1-6, 7-6(7-2)) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 1985 can be written as VIII-XVII-MCMLXXXV. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 1985

Day Index: 229th day of 1985
Day of week: Saturday
Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 1985
Next same calendar year: 2030
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 39 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 20,348,469 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,710 days
Months spent sleeping: 155 months
Years spent sleeping: 12.9 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 479 🌑
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 1985: 4,873,781,796 Source: un.org

The 1985 calendar is unique, and the next time it will align with the Georgian calendar will be in 2030. So, mark your calendars!

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