Date:August 17, 1987

August 17, 1987 Birthday Answers

August 8, 1987 birthday facts

Learn fun facts about Monday, August 17, 1987 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: 36 years, 8 months, and 3 days

Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 270,063,360 breaths and experienced over 1,543,219,200 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 327,934,080 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

📅 You were born on a Monday


🌗 The moon was in Last Quarter phase on this day


⌛ Born into → Millennials Generation


🐇 Born in → The Year of the Rabbit


😴 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: 4,465 days of your life or 12.23 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Three Men and a Baby


🎶 #1 song on your birthday ?The number one song in the US on this day was: "Who's That Girl" by Madonna (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 5 ?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

1970
Rupert Degas, English actor and voice artist

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

1986
Bryton McClure, American actor (Richie-Family Matters)

1955
Kevin Welch, American country songwriter ("True Love Never Dies")

1985
Yū Aoi, Japanese actress (Hula Girls)

1951
Robert Joy, Canadian actor (Big Shots, CSI)

1927
Robert Moore, American director and actor (Murder by Death, Marshall-Diana)

1866
Julia Marlowe [Sarah Frances Frost], English-American Shakespearean actress


📜 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 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 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 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 1987

🏒 NHL
Edmonton Oilers defeated Philadelphia Flyers (4 - 3) to win the 1987 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
New York Giants beat Denver Broncos (39 - 20) to win Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987 in Pasadena, CA.

⚾ MLB
Minnesota Twins beat St. Louis Cardinals (4 - 3) to win the 1987 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 1987 US Open Championships, Ivan Lendl defeated Mats Wilander (6-7(7-9), 6-0, 7-6(7-4), 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Martina Navratilova beat Steffi Graf (7-6(7-4), 6-1) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 1987 can be written as VIII-XVII-MCMLXXXVII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


🔦 Facts Summary for August 17, 1987

Day Index: 229th day of 1987
Day of week: Monday
Week Index: 3rd Monday of 1987
Next same calendar year: 2026
Days until next birthday:
Age on next birthday: 37 years old
Days since birth:
You are: 19,290,571 minutes old
Days spent sleeping: 4,465 days
Months spent sleeping: 147 months
Years spent sleeping: 12.23 years
Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
Full moons since birth: 454 🌗
Life path number: 5
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 1987: 5,055,636,132 Source: un.org

The 1987 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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