Date:August 17, 2002

August 17, 2002

August 8, 2002 birthday facts

Learn interesting facts about Saturday, August 17, 2002 that no one tells you about. ⬇️


Your next birthday is in:

You’ve taken nearly 159,929,280 breaths and experienced over 913,881,600 heartbeats since the day you were born. Your eyes have blinked over 194,199,840 times, quietly showing just how amazing our bodies are. Pretty cool, right?

⏳ You have been alive for: 21 years, 8 months, and 20 days


πŸ“… You were born on a Saturday


πŸŒ” The moon was in Waxing Gibbous phase on this day


βŒ› Born into β†’ Generation Z


🐎 Born in β†’ The Year of the Horse


😴 You’ve slept about 33% of your life! ?πŸ’€ Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far: 2,644 days of your life or 7.24 years.


🍿 #1 movie was: Spider-Man


🎢 #1 song on your birthday: "Dilemma" by Nelly (source: Billboard Hot 100)


The number 1 DJ in the world was TiΓ«sto followed by Sasha and John Digweed according to DJ Mag.

♌ 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.


πŸ”’ Your life path number is 2 ?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.


πŸͺ Your ruling planet is Sun β˜‰


πŸͺ¨ 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.


πŸ“… Your lucky day β†’ Sunday


πŸ¦… Your spirit animal β†’ Salmon


⭐ Celebrities born on August 17th

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

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

1978
Vibeke Stene, Norwegian goth-metal singer (Tristania), and actress

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

1975
Giuliana DePandi, Italian-born American television personality

1981
Kristin Holt, American television personality (American Idol)

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

1936
Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American (Dakota Sioux) country music singer-songwriter, actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; Northern Exposure), and political activist

At the age of 46, Bill Gates was the richest person in the world in 2002 with $52.8 billion fortune, followed by Warren Buffett with $35 billion, according to Forbes.

πŸ“œ 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.


πŸŽ„ Holidays on August 17

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 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 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.


πŸ† Sports in 2002

πŸ’ NHL
Detroit Red Wings defeated Carolina Hurricanes (4 - 1) to win the 2002 Stanley Cup.

🏈 NFL
New England Patriots beat St. Louis Rams (20 - 17) to win Super Bowl XXXVI on February 3, 2002 in New Orleans, LA.

⚾ MLB
Anaheim Angels beat San Francisco Giants (4 - 3) to win the 2002 World Series.

🎾 Tennis
In the 2002 US Open Championships, Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi (6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4) to win the men's singles title. Serena Williams beat Venus Williams (6-4, 6-3) to become the Wimbledon women's singles champion.

August 17, 2002 can be written as VIII-XVII-MMII. This is the Western date style written using Roman numerals.


πŸ”¦ Facts Summary for August 17, 2002
β†’ Day Index: 229th day of 2002
β†’ Day of week: Saturday
β†’ Week Index: 3rd Saturday of 2002
β†’ Next same calendar year: 2030
β†’ Days until next birthday:
β†’ Age on next birthday: 22 years old
β†’ Days since birth:
β†’ You are: 11,423,952 minutes old
β†’ Days spent sleeping: 2,644 days
β†’ Months spent sleeping: 87 months
β†’ Years spent sleeping: 7.24 years
β†’ Part of life spent sleeping: 33%
β†’ Full moons since birth: 269 πŸŒ”
β†’ Life path number: 2
β†’ Zodiac sign: Leo ♌
β†’ Zodiac ruling planet: Sun
β†’ Birth flower: Gladiolus
β†’ Birthstone: Peridot and Sardonyx
β†’ Spirit Animal: Salmon
β†’ Power Color: Orange
β†’ President of United States:
β†’ World population 2002: 6,302,149,639 Source: un.org

The 2002 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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